The Making of Awsome

From Bounce to Black Box Thinking Mathew Syed has inspired many an adult to achieve more. His books have also become perminant fixtures on a lot of teachers bookshelves. His latest book ‘You Are Awsome’ is focused on engaging with children. Its colourful and creative illistrations grab your attention immediatly. Inside tha pages are a mix of large fonts, small paragraths and illustrations highlighting the key points. At 156 pages, the book is also short in length.

The language used by Syed is easy to understand and desceiptive. He paints pictures in your mind and allowing your imagination do the rest. With activites and an accompaning workbook this could be a very useful tool for parents and learning support mentors. This ‘how to’ guide could be utilsed by schools and parents to help children achieve their their dreams. A book such as this could inform the development of an motivational curriculum aimed at those learners who seem a little lost.

Full of useful stratergies and quotes this is a book for all children. However, for parents thinking about using this book with their children, think about the delivery. How will you break the book down? How will you use language to deliver the key points? How will you reinforce the behaviours you want your child to adopt? Can you adopt the very same behaviours and in so doing role model what you expect from your child? Be your childs coach!