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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Overall the content of this book is very good. I am a childminder and got this for the children I care for. The only thing that I would say is that I didnt think it was suitable for pre-school children 3-4 yrs some of it is too much in depth and went way over their heads but great for older children.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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We were looking for suitable books for children with and without disabilities to
inform and also perhaps amuse.
This book was certainly not the type we could recommend to anyone, parent, teacher or for group study. The drawings were very amateurish to say the least and the "pick the odd one out" suggestion was not at all appropriate as you were supposed to select a surly looking lad who had no obvious problems (apparently "he was jealous of those who could run fast"....). It highlighted the problems rather than integrated them.
This book was written by someone with the appropriate qualifications for the job however, I doubt whether she had children under 10, disabled or otherwise.Things have changed dramatically in the last ten years as unfortunately it seems that there has been an increase in the number of children with learning and physical disabilities, or maybe these are now identified earlier. Whatever, children are already more accepting that they were 10 or 20 years ago. This is also due in part in the inclination against "special schools" and integration with main stream education.
All children are special. The title of the book put me off initially but it was the only one I could find with the advertised content I thought would be of interest. How wrong I was. This is not the sort of book I could recomment to anyone. I showed it to a pallative care nurse with years of counselling experience of chronically sick children. She too rejected this one straight away.
For acceptance in a group, disabled or not, all children recognise differences, be they character, ability or less-abled. Peer groups form, like it or not. Most children learn to like or dislike regardless of any problem that a child may have.
In today's world, children learn to live with all manner of problems and adapt. They sometimes need to know why a child misses a lot of school and why they should help or not help an individual. If you ask a child to "spot the difference", he or she is likely to point out a child with a different colour sweater rather than one wearing glasses. This book does not credit children with enough inate intelligence. Time spent in any classroom or talking to any primary school teacher would reveal a deeper insight for this author!
Call every child special would be my answer! All in all a very disappointing book.
inform and also perhaps amuse.
This book was certainly not the type we could recommend to anyone, parent, teacher or for group study. The drawings were very amateurish to say the least and the "pick the odd one out" suggestion was not at all appropriate as you were supposed to select a surly looking lad who had no obvious problems (apparently "he was jealous of those who could run fast"....). It highlighted the problems rather than integrated them.
This book was written by someone with the appropriate qualifications for the job however, I doubt whether she had children under 10, disabled or otherwise.Things have changed dramatically in the last ten years as unfortunately it seems that there has been an increase in the number of children with learning and physical disabilities, or maybe these are now identified earlier. Whatever, children are already more accepting that they were 10 or 20 years ago. This is also due in part in the inclination against "special schools" and integration with main stream education.
All children are special. The title of the book put me off initially but it was the only one I could find with the advertised content I thought would be of interest. How wrong I was. This is not the sort of book I could recomment to anyone. I showed it to a pallative care nurse with years of counselling experience of chronically sick children. She too rejected this one straight away.
For acceptance in a group, disabled or not, all children recognise differences, be they character, ability or less-abled. Peer groups form, like it or not. Most children learn to like or dislike regardless of any problem that a child may have.
In today's world, children learn to live with all manner of problems and adapt. They sometimes need to know why a child misses a lot of school and why they should help or not help an individual. If you ask a child to "spot the difference", he or she is likely to point out a child with a different colour sweater rather than one wearing glasses. This book does not credit children with enough inate intelligence. Time spent in any classroom or talking to any primary school teacher would reveal a deeper insight for this author!
Call every child special would be my answer! All in all a very disappointing book.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to share with my 5 year old. He has some learning difficulties and I hoped it would be helpful. It is a nice looking book and is not badly written as such. I just think there are too many words! My son lost interest pretty quickly. The book looks like it would suit young children due to it's format and design but the sentences are ideas are a bit complicated.
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