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Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You!
Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You!
Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You!
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Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You!

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Parenting can be a daunting experience. Wouldnt it be nice if our children came with a How to manual? Do you ever feel that right when you are getting the hang of parenting, your child changes and you are lost all over again?

The truths in this book will not only help parents and teachers better understand their children, it will also provide them the keys to better understand themselves. One of the fundamental truths of parenting is that it offers an opportunity to experience our maker in a different format. Through watching, listening, and learning from children, I have discovered four key skills that all of us have within us. I call these skills the golden keys.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherBalboa Press
Release dateJun 19, 2013
ISBN9781452575490
Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You!
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Stephanie Shawn

Stephanie Shawn holds a master’s degree in education and is the owner of Excel Achievement Center, a learning clinic for children, located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. She has been involved in education for more than two decades and has taught at the elementary, middle school, and university levels. As the mother of two teenage boys, Stephanie’s passion is speaking to parents about discovering the God-given gifts in their children and assisting parents in identifying exactly how their child learns best. Stephanie currently sits on the International Dyslexia Association Upper Midwest Branch board and continues to educate the public on how to help all children learn to read. Her online tutoring program reaches children all over the United States.

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    Unlocking the Genius Within Your Child and You! - Stephanie Shawn

    Unlocking the Genius within Your Child and You!

    Stephanie Shawn

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    Copyright © 2013 Stephanie Shawn.

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    The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

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    Balboa Press rev. date: 6/18/2013

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements

    A Note to the Reader

    Chapter One: Presence

    Chapter Two: Listen!

    Chapter Three: Validate

    Chapter Four: Teach

    Chapter Five: Beyond the key—other tools for parents and teachers

    Chapter Six: Using our keys to unlock the genius within

    Chapter Seven: Helping our children perform at a genius level while studying

    Chapter Eight: Helping our children perform at a genius level in math

    Chapter Nine: Helping our children perform at a genius level in reading

    Chapter Ten: Helping our children perform at a genius level socially

    Afterword

    About the Author

    References

    To my two incredibly amazing children Colten and Parker. You are truly gifts from God. Thank you for sharing your light, love, and wisdom with me!

    Acknowledgements

    I would like to thank my writing coach Elizabeth Hagen for motivating me, believing in me, and helping me to set deadlines and keep them. I also want to thank the entire staff at Excel Achievement Center and Excel Discovery Center for working tirelessly to make a difference in the lives of the wonderful students we encounter. And finally, I would like to thank every student who has been willing to put up with my flaws, and allow me to learn the valuable lessons that are embedded in this book.

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    A Note to the Reader

    Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.—Albert Einstein

    I want to thank you for picking up this book. By doing so, you have recognized that your child is special. You have also recognized that you would like to do all that you can to bring out his or her true genius that is embedded within. I’m excited for you and humbled that you would embrace the lessons that I have learned to assist you with your parenting, grand parenting or teaching.

    I have written this book from my heart, taking lessons that I have learned from my childhood, my experiences as a parent, and my professional experiences as a teacher and owner of a learning clinic. I have been fortunate to have worked with children in a variety of ways and honored to share these experiences with you.

    I truly believe all of us are born with a calling, an innate purpose to be on this planet. I remember my calling came to me as a young girl. I was about nine years old, and I remember sitting on my bed in my room, and I said out loud… I am going to be a teacher and I am going to help children realize that they matter. And, even though I have at times taken a detour from this calling, it has been ever present within me, and I truly feel God’s light within me shines best when I am fulfilling this purpose.

    I grew up the oldest of five children and found that I was very intuitive to the world around me. My mother still tells me about how I would sit and just watch people for hours. It was as though, even as a young girl, I was seeking to unlock the mystery that each of us hold within us. I found myself believing the best in everyone, as it seemed I was able to see the good in others if I just kept looking. I recall one time out on the playground when I was about eight years old. I was standing up for a girl named Suzy who others were making fun of. I kept pointing out her strengths, and I remember one of the girls in this group saying to me, Stephanie, you just can’t like everybody! That resonated with me. I began to wonder why people were constantly looking at the flaws in others and making judgments with very little information. How could they judge Suzy, without first asking her what her intentions were?

    The truths in this book have been within me since I was a child. I intuitively knew the lessons contained within these pages, and was often confused when the adults in my life did not apply them. I have, in my adult life, doubted these truths at times because others gave me different instructions or ideas

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