Amazon.com description: Product Description: Dr. Meadows gives educators an opportunity to learn the importance of recognizing every students' unique learning style by recounting her own difficulties of fitting into the regimentation of traditional classroom expectations. With memories of coping with reading challenges and dealing with the death of her mother, Dr. Meadows leads us through a life of learning how to meld her love of nature with her commitment to teaching-by-doing. This is a treatise on the benefits of experiential learning from elementary school and beyond.