lmncarlson

I'm coming out of lurkdom because this caught my eye and drew me up
short:

<But if a child is NOT learning, the parent is not effectively
facilitating.>

I'm having trouble thinking of any examples of a child NOT learning.

We may not be able to see the learning, as Dar wrote. They or we may
not be able to articulate what they're learning. They may be learning
unexpected things, or things we find irrelevant, trivial, or beside
the point, but I need some help picturing "not learning".

Joan

Fetteroll

on 3/25/02 7:17 AM, lmncarlson at les.carlson2@... wrote:

> I'm having trouble thinking of any examples of a child NOT learning.

Not learning life skills like reading, and being kind to people, and the
world is a more interesting and varied place than what gets fed through the
TV.

Some kids are very active, independent learners and will go get or ask for
what they need. Some kids want someone to accompany them on the journey. If
from the environment there seems to be no journey worth taking and no one
there to take it with them, then they'll settle for the minimum that's
available.

Joyce

mbyeagerus

--- In AlwaysLearning@y..., "lmncarlson" <les.carlson2@s...> wrote:
> We may not be able to see the learning, as Dar wrote. They or we
may
> not be able to articulate what they're learning. They may be
learning
> unexpected things, or things we find irrelevant, trivial, or beside
> the point, but I need some help picturing "not learning".

I once heard a conference speaker (Pat Montgomery or Dorothy Moore,
perhaps) say that children learned how to ride bikes in winter and to
ice skate in summer. The brain marches on with incorporating things
whether the outside world sees it or not.

Marge