Today, I hung out with my partner in homeschooling crime, Kara. She's also the one that builds my self-esteem by saying that I'm a good mom, a good singer, and her resident Bible commentary. This is why I hang out with her. LOL
Over the year that I've known her, Kara has kept hounding me to turn in an article to a local publication called Evansville Parent. Today, I picked up a copy of the issue that has my article, "Lifelong Learners," on page 16.
I'm pretty proud of that. Billy is proud of me, too. He put my article on the fridge.
I'd love to know what you think of my article. (It's is on page 5 of this electronic version.)
Thursday, September 13, 2007
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i liked it! Even though my son is only 7 months, i will file the info away for a later date. The whole "look ahead in the textbook" thing is a GREAT idea. i also liked the tagline about not owning a Chia pet. :)
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ReplyDeleteI do most of the things you mentioned...but can I tell you how comforting it was to be affirmed in that? Your article did remind me to talk about the things my child is learning in school more - making it a part of our daily lives.
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of spelling out the learning process. What an accomplishment, as well, to have the article published. Your kids seem to have a great role model to "learn from and model themselves after". :-)
MW
Great article, Sarah! This should be required reading for all new parents. I am amazed at how many of my past students don't have a good view of learning, and I really believe that it stems from the parents and their attitude towards it.
ReplyDeleteI am so proud of you :)
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your article.
ReplyDeleteOne of the saddest things I've seen recently was a little boy on the bus with his mother. We were travelling into Glasgow city centre. The boy (about 4?) had lots of questions. His mother answered the first two with a listless, 'I don't know.' She progressed to, 'Don't ask stupid questions.' Then came, 'Don't ask so many questions,' and 'Shut up!'
Yes, some of the questions were silly and probably irritating. But I have the impression from the conversation that, if she had made some effort to engage the child with the first few the other 'silly' ones would not have been forthcoming - he was, by that state, 'ask, ask, asking' to get attention.
I got off the bus just over the river as the child wasy saying: 'I want to get on a ship to leave you.'