Learning Without Tears: Identify a Child's Unique Learning Style, Unlock a Child's True Potential, and Turn Tension Into Talking

by Helyn Connerr

As parents we all want our children to develop and to realise all the dreams they have for themselves. The key is learning, and the fact is that children learn in different ways. The current... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1905857535
• ISBN13: 9781905857531
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Watkins Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A new model for education

This book is a revelation in the world of education, showing that students are not just square pegs to be fitted into round holes. The author presents the multi-faceted elements that constitute the young mind, and explains how teachers need to know the different features that make up each student. "Learning without Tears" should make teachers question "the tried and true" methods of indoctrination through memorization and parroting responses. Helyn Connerr uses innovative cartoon characters as symbols for the different styles of learning. Teachers should start making charts for which character represents which student. Speaking as an Exec, I wish this system had been around when I was in school. Maybe my teachers would have been better organized in dealing with me.

A Revelation!

"Learning without Tears" has helped me tremendously in truly understanding how my daughter "ticks". I was shocked to discover that my daughter's thoughts are visual and my practical, factual way of communicating was doing neither of us any favours. (If only this book had been available years ago). It is a system which celebrates and encourages different learning styles based on the position of the planet Mercury at birth. I strongly recommend that parents and educators try this method.

Highly Recommended

At first glance, it may appear this book is geared mainly to parents and teachers of children. I purchased this book and I can say it has broader applications. It discusses how children think, communicate, and learn differently based on Mercury's location in the natal chart - but in fact, the basic learning styles are relevant regardless of age. The book is broken down into chapters corresponding to natal Mercury in the signs. You can use the tables given to easily see which chapters correspond to the different Mercury positions. I've gotten valuable insights out of this book and the way the author presents the information makes it an enjoyable read. I highly recommend this book.

Learning Without Tears

I am impressed by this book. To parents, teachers, and others who care about children - and to children themselves, Learning Without Tears is a gift. Above all else, it is an affirmation and a reminder that different individuals have different - and equally valid - learning styles. Some children learn best - and naturally - by dissecting and analyzing new ideas before accepting them, others by synthesizing original concepts from the world of information surrounding them. Some learn by seeing, others by discussing and debating, others by questioning. Ms Connerr profiles each of twelve distinct approaches to learning; she also points out that trying to force a given style of learning onto one who is not receptive to that style can be counter-productive for the learner and frustrating for the teacher. How much better for parents to understand and accept the individual learning styles of their children - perhaps a different one for each child -and to help them attain their full intellectual potentials! How much better for classroom teachers to recognize and respect the individualities of their students, rather than simply to teach the "class"! By describing the various learning styles, in a form that is lively and entertaining, and by offering tips and suggestions for helping to teach children with a given style, Ms Connerr has provided a valuable and useful handbook for all educators. Although this book focuses initially and mainly on learning by young children, I could have used it as I tried to teach thousands of students at the university level. And many of them would have thanked me for doing so. Besides being full of very fascinating and useful information - based on an enormous amount of study, research, and reflection, the book is highly readable. It is a book that certainly merits reading, and even more, merits discussion among groups of those charged with the developing the native intellects of all our children. It is an investment well worth the cover price! Charles W. Owens Professor Emeritus University of New Hampshire