The Building Years
The Building Years
The Building Years
The Building Years
The Building Years
4.6 (8 reviews)

The Building Years: A Guide to Problem-Solving and Frustration Tolerance (3-6 Years)

For the child who gives up the moment something gets hard

The window where learning happens, and how to spot it
What to say when they are stuck, as a ladder from saying nothing upwards
Why praising a child for being clever makes them avoid hard things
An honest account of what spatial reasoning does and does not predict
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What to say when they are stuck, the praise that backfires, and an honest account of spatial reasoning.

All 14 pages

All 14 pages

Short on purpose

Fourteen pages, written to be read in one sitting and kept. No filler, no padding, no chapter restating the last one.

A page from the guide

A page from the guide

Specific, not generic

Tables, checklists and age ranges you can actually use, rather than encouragement. Instant PDF download, readable on a phone, a tablet or printed.

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Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know

Will this make my child better at math?
No guide or toy can promise that, and this one says so explicitly. Spatial skill does improve with practice, and it does correlate with later achievement. Claiming a specific product raises a grade a decade later is not supported, and the guide explains why.
My child melts down over tiny setbacks. Is that normal?
Between three and six, intentions outrun ability by the widest margin they ever will, which is where most of it comes from. The guide covers what is expected and which patterns are worth raising.
What age is it for?
Three to six years.
What format is it?
A 14-page PDF, readable on a phone, a tablet or printed.
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