Learning Style and The Spelling Game
Learning Style and The Spelling Game: why is spelling so easy for some and so hard for others? Here are ways we can help our kids learn to spell and learn to love writing!
Quotes on Homeschooling and Learning
Quotes on Homeschooling and Learning, with related books
Peter Gray Explains How Humans Learned Through Play
Peter Gray Explains How Humans Learned Through Play
The Value of Daydreaming
My son was often lost in daydreaming, as if still half asleep. It's hard to be patient when we have so much to do, but I hated to interrupt these moments. Daydreaming is an essential skill…
Playing Catch: A Metaphor for Child-led Learning
Playing Catch: A Metaphor for Child-Led Learning
Letting Them Lead
I have a brand new book launching on March 5th called Letting Them Lead: Adventures In Game-Based, Self-Directed Learning. This book is geared towards educators, parents and learners of all ages and gives strategies for centering children and students in their own learning journey.
Educating The Whole Child
The "whole child" view implies that the whole child is influenced by everything, and interacts with everything, with the whole world. In turn, the whole world is interacting with the child. Our children are aware of far more than they can express, and they are learning all the time.
Is Education Work Or Play?
Do you remember being scolded for playing? Perhaps you were told to straighten up and sit still, or to stop "being silly" or stop "fooling around" (demeaning terms for play). These are common experiences in a society where grown-ups hardly play at all. It is as if we have forgotten how to play, and play is reserved only for the very young, often only at recess, or only in sports.
Adults are mostly game watchers instead of game participants. Yet we remain aware that the spirit of play, which often has no obvious purpose or goal, is a magical ingredient that makes every experience more alive, and makes learning memorable.
If play is so elusive for adults, when does it stop for us as children? Does it stop with school?