Resources for
​"What is your Learning Style?"

Some children are not struggling because they lack intelligence. Many are struggling because the way they learn is not being recognized.
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Every child learns differently. Some learn by watching. Some learn by listening. Some need time, quiet, movement, relationship, or a deeper sense of meaning before learning can fully open. Yet too often, children are measured by narrow standards that do not reflect the fullness of who they are.

This page was created as a resource for parents, caregivers, educators, and thoughtful readers who want to better understand learning styles with greater care and depth. It offers reflection, encouragement, and a broader perspective on children whose gifts may not always be recognized in conventional settings.
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Learning is not one-size-fits-all. When we begin to notice how a child naturally receives, processes, and expresses understanding, we can respond with greater respect, patience, and wisdom.

Tyrese Gould Jacinto is an award-winning Indigenous author, artist, and cultural educator whose work is rooted in creativity, spiritual understanding, and a lifelong commitment to cultural presence and community care. She is the author of 23 published books spanning children’s literature, reflective writing, and spiritually grounded storytelling.

Her work has been recognized through honors including the 2026 Heritage Fellowship, the 2025 NJ Women of Achievement Award, the 2025 Environmental Award, the 2024 NAWBOSJ Diversity Advocate recognition, and the 2021 Master Artist distinction. Across her writing, visual art, and photography, she offers work that affirms identity, uplifts future generations, and reflects a deep relationship with meaning, beauty, and the living world.

New Book Announcement​

A new book is now available: The Wisdom Our Children Carry: It Opens When We Recognize Our Gifts.
This new work expands on these questions through lived experience, generational understanding, research, and spiritual reflection. It offers a deeper exploration of how Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island are often misunderstood in educational settings, and how many of our people carry gifts that deserve to be recognized with dignity and care.
If this resource speaks to your heart, this book offers a fuller journey into that understanding.

Why This Book Matters
Too often, children are measured by speed, memorization, and narrow academic standards. When they do not fit those expectations, they may be rushed, mislabeled, or overlooked. But many children carry gifts that do not always reveal themselves in conventional classrooms.
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This book helps parents, educators, caregivers, and thoughtful readers recognize those gifts with greater respect and understanding. It speaks to the wisdom children already carry and reminds us that learning is not one-size-fits-all.

​If you have ever loved a child who seemed deeply thoughtful, observant, sensitive, creative, or hard to measure by ordinary standards, this book may speak directly to your heart. The Wisdom Our Children Carry offers encouragement, recognition, and a more human vision of learning—one that honors depth, dignity, and the sacred intelligence already present in our people.
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Order The Wisdom Our Children Carry: It Opens When We Recognize Our Gifts and discover a more compassionate way to understand learning, wisdom, and the gifts our people carry.

​Understanding Reflective, Observational, and Intuitive Learning

​This study explores learning patterns often found in individuals who process experience through observation, reflection, intuition, relationship, sensory awareness, and the whole context rather than isolated parts. Its purpose is to understand better strengths that may be overlooked in conventional educational settings.

I offer a series of reflective questions designed to help you better understand learning style, perception, and strengths that may not always be recognized in conventional educational settings. This resource invites a deeper look at how some individuals process through observation, intuition, relationship, detail, and whole-picture understanding rather than through speed, pressure, or standard academic expectations.
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It can be especially helpful for those who have felt misunderstood, overlooked, or difficult to measure in traditional learning environments. Shared upon request, this resource is meant to encourage insight, recognition, and a more compassionate understanding of how learning can unfold in different ways.

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Who We Are and How We Learn
​Video Series

This playlist offers a deeper introduction to our people through video, shared to help viewers better understand who we are beyond stereotypes, assumptions, or limited historical narratives. It provides important context for the values, ways of seeing, and lived experiences that shape how many of our people learn, relate, observe, and understand the world.
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Through these videos, visitors are invited into a fuller and more human understanding—one rooted in presence, continuity, and the wisdom carried through family, community, and lived experience.