One of the most popular home schooling movements equates the elementary school years to the “Pol Parrot” stage, in which a child’s amazing capacity for memory should be used to load up on facts of all sorts. I understand the urge, but question the value in the long term… and, of course, I am reminded [...]
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Here’s an example of how I work with students on deep reading. In this case, I read, but I usually ask the students to read aloud to each other or to me. This gives them practice with pronunciation and enunciation while allowing them to experience the beauty of the writing resonating in their own voices. The reading [...] Not because I value violence, strife, or destruction. In fact, my intentions could not be further from glorifying war. As a young man, I was fascinated by war, death, and destruction as are many of today’s youngsters. Given this reality, I see a few choices: 1. Pretend like war and violence don’t exist or that somehow humanity has [...] |
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