tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729187180110691054.post4778341890215471512..comments2019-11-09T04:01:31.473-05:00Comments on Moms, young kids and technology: Flowers are Red - How adults "map" their frame of reference on kidsKDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732578530246029192noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729187180110691054.post-87618727602055363932009-04-08T16:20:00.000-04:002009-04-08T16:20:00.000-04:00What an incredibly powerful message of the incredi...What an incredibly powerful message of the incredibly powerful position that teachers are put in. We truly do hold their spirit in our hands. With much power comes much responsibility.Joshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04265454230579354467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729187180110691054.post-26788390597719123162009-04-03T21:22:00.000-04:002009-04-03T21:22:00.000-04:00This post reminded me of Tomie DePaola's book The ...This post reminded me of Tomie DePaola's book The Art Lesson. Our school's art teacher reads that book the first day of kindergarten every year. It really sets the tone for kids to express themselves and think outside the box.abaralthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648935545491436444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729187180110691054.post-25684601116767775142008-01-08T22:39:00.000-05:002008-01-08T22:39:00.000-05:00My aunt, Margie Donnelly, just sent me the link to...My aunt, Margie Donnelly, just sent me the link to your blog. I've just read it and enjoyed the info. I home school my 2 boys, ages 4 and 7. I'll be checking back for more great ideas about using technology with my kids!<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/><BR/>Chris Chandlerchriscbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16623078890981642716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8729187180110691054.post-25047957864060331932007-11-28T08:33:00.000-05:002007-11-28T08:33:00.000-05:00This post made me think of Expurey's Little Prince...This post made me think of Expurey's Little Prince. On page one of the book, the narrator describes his world view as a 6 year old (to see the pictures, you'll have to paste the link into your browser: http://www.angelfire.com/hi/littleprince/frames.html<BR/><BR/>For those that don't need the pictures:<BR/><BR/>Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book, called True Stories from Nature, about the primeval forest. It was a picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swallowing an animal. Here is a copy of the drawing.<BR/><BR/>In the book it said: "Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole, without chewing it. After that they are not able to move, and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."<BR/><BR/>I pondered deeply, then, over the adventures of the jungle. And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing. My Drawing Number One. It looked something like this:<BR/><BR/>Drawing Number One<BR/><BR/>I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups, and asked them whether the drawing frightened them.<BR/><BR/>But they answered: "Frighten? Why should any one be frightened by a hat?"<BR/><BR/>My drawing was not a picture of a hat. It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it, I made another drawing: I drew the inside of a boa constrictor, so that the grown-ups could see it clearly. They always need to have things explained. My Drawing Number Two looked like this:<BR/><BR/>Drawing Number Two<BR/><BR/>The grown-ups' response, this time, was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors, whether from the inside or the outside, and devote myself instead to geography, history, arithmetic, and grammar. That is why, at the age of six, I gave up what might have been a magnificent career as a painter. I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two. Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.<BR/><BR/>So then I chose another profession, and learned to pilot airplanes. I have flown a little over all parts of the world; and it is true that geography has been very useful to me. At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona. If one gets lost in the night, such knowledge is valuable.<BR/><BR/>In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people who have been concerned with matters of consequence. I have lived a great deal among grown-ups. I have seen them intimately, close at hand. And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them.<BR/><BR/>Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted, I tried the experiment of showing him my Drawing Number One, which I have always kept. I would try to find out, so, if this was a person of true understanding. But, whoever it was, he, or she, would always say:<BR/><BR/>"That is a hat."<BR/><BR/>Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors, or primeval forests, or stars. I would bring myself down to his level. I would talk to him about bridge, and golf, and politics, and neckties. And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such a sensible man.dissertationsavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05372415085554733507noreply@blogger.com