Comments on: We-Learning Manifesto http://mylearningcompass.com/blog/2009/05/first-post/ The Science, Art and Joy of Learning Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:07:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: DaveLav http://mylearningcompass.com/blog/2009/05/first-post/comment-page-1/#comment-4 DaveLav Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:52:39 +0000 http://mylearningcompass.com/blog/?p=3#comment-4 Great blog post. You're preaching to the choir here - my parents both worked for 30 years for the NYC Board of Education as teachers and special education guidance counselors. And my uncles both have PhDs (and one is a university professor too). So I grew up in a household where education was everything. And as you said, "learning begins in the home." And after being brought up in a pro-learning environment, I have learned the value of education and constantly seek more education. Looking back at my own education and how my kids are progressing (one in 3rd grade; one in first), the keys as I see it are this: • household nurturing like you mentioned • making learning interesting, fun and/or useful My son is currently furious that he's learning how to use a compass in gym class. He rather be playing sports. When he's forced to read a boring book, he gets upset. But give him a good book and he's thrilled. Teach him about the solar system and he'll keep seeking more and more knowledge about it. Great blog post. You’re preaching to the choir here – my parents both worked for 30 years for the NYC Board of Education as teachers and special education guidance counselors. And my uncles both have PhDs (and one is a university professor too).

So I grew up in a household where education was everything. And as you said, “learning begins in the home.”

And after being brought up in a pro-learning environment, I have learned the value of education and constantly seek more education.

Looking back at my own education and how my kids are progressing (one in 3rd grade; one in first), the keys as I see it are this:
• household nurturing like you mentioned
• making learning interesting, fun and/or useful
My son is currently furious that he’s learning how to use a compass in gym class. He rather be playing sports. When he’s forced to read a boring book, he gets upset. But give him a good book and he’s thrilled. Teach him about the solar system and he’ll keep seeking more and more knowledge about it.

]]>