Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls -- Elementary Level

MICHAEL GURIAN is the New York Times best-selling author of The Wonder of Boys and nineteen other books, including Boys and Girls Learn Differently!, A Fine Young Man, The Good Son, The Wonder of Girls, and The Minds of Boys. He is a pioneer in the fields of family development and education and has appeared on Today, Good Morning America, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Newsweek, and elsewhere. KATHY STEVENS, coauthor of The Minds of Boys, is the training director of the Gurian Institute and has worked in education, child development, and the nonprofit sector for more than thirty years in programs as diverse as juvenile and adult corrections, cultural competency training, domestic violence prevention, and women's issues. KELLEY KING is director of the Gurian Institute Education Division. She has been a teacher and school principal for more than twenty years.

With the school year rapidly coming to a close, here's a book you might want to give your child's teacher as a thank you gift. (Aptos Times, 05/08)

• About This Book vThe Authors viiAbout the Gurian Institute ixAcknowledgments xi1 The Science of Boy-Girl Learning Differences 12 Keep ’Em Moving: Incorporating Movement Across the Curriculum 153 Make It Visual: Tools to Support Your Spatial Learners 354 Empower the Learner: Giving Students Choice and Control 675 Get Them Learning Together: Increasing Opportunities for Social Interaction 856 Making It Matter: Finding Ways to Make Learning Real 997 Art Smart: Blending Art and Music into the Core Curriculum 1198 Connecting with Your Students: Promoting Learning Through Teacher-Child Relationships 1399 Building Character: The Foundation for Learning and Life 15110 The Home Stretch: Getting Parents and Teachers on the Same Page 165Epilogue 181Sources 183Index 193