All the Ways to be Smart: the beautifully illustrated international bestseller that celebrates the talents of every child

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With beautiful heartwarming rhyming text all about knowing and owning what makes YOU special, this book is a wonderful introduction to conversations about self esteem. An earnest and charming book celebrating the joys of all the wonderful qualities that make children who they are, with a subtle and unique message that getting excellent grades is not what makes you smart. From the award-winning creators of The Underwater Fancy-dress Parade and Under the Love Umbrella comes this joyful ode to all the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are. From the dynamic partnership of Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys comes a tender, funny, and exquisitely illustrated picture book celebrating the myriad talents that each child brings to the world, from being able to read or tell the time to being good at blowing bubbles.

So students feel pressure to do well in these tests, when in reality there is more to them than just their scores in those areas - they might be good at sports, or art, or music, or a friend to all etc. It is a truism in education and education adjacent fields that there are multiple kinds of intelligence -- there's that whole thing about Gardner's theory of intelligences, and some kinds of skills and abilities that seem a bit abstract are listed: body intelligence, musical intelligence etc.

She is also the author of the Alice books in Penguin’s best-selling Our Australian Girl series, the Lemonade Jones series of Junior Fiction, and the Corner Park Clubhouse series (Middle Grade).Great for discussing how we are all different and celebrating all of the unique and wonderful qualities that make children who they are. The reality is, for very young children all those abilities are intermingled and inextricably woven with play.

For neuro-atypical or otherwise differently-abled kids like JJ, a book like this can make them, and their caregivers, feel seen.Written and illustrated by Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys, this colourful, rhyming story depicts all the ways a child can be smart other than intelligence, including emotional intelligence and kindness, creativity, problem-solving, curiosity, sharing, building things, drawing, imagination, caring for others, taking chances and risks, being a team player, enjoying your own company, as well as counting and telling stories. Ik had op een gegeven moment echt wel door dat slim zijn duizend dingen is, en ik vroeg me af of we echt naar duizend dingen gingen. Between games, drawing exercises, group activities and questions, the resource helps children to identifying feelings, understand anxiety, express love and celebrate our differences. I remember feeling so frustrated as a child because I wanted there to be more than one meaning of ‘smart’.