Alternative (Elementary) Schools & Learning Styles with Jenn / by Mandy Wintink

A few days before this conversation Jenn and I (along with our partners and kids and friends) attended an open house for an alternative school in our neighbourhood that we both want our kids to get into. The conversation natural meanders through a variety of topics including school ratings, learning styles, starting a new school, starting a summer school, tracking how kids learn, neuropsychoidiology, strength-based approach to learning... 

 

Resources 

 

Self-Reflecting Questions

  • do you need to see failure?

  • How do you learn?

  • Have you considered a strength-based approach to learning in your home or life, whether for you or your child?

 

Post-Show Reflections:

I realized after that the “Why” that I mentioned I need to learn is because I tend to be a Global thinker, according to the Index of Learning Styles listed above.