Comments on: A makeshift education http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:53:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jimmie http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978547 Jimmie Sun, 15 Jun 2008 07:54:01 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978547 I love this post! :-) Make it yourself! Be creative! Recycle and save money!Thrifty ingenuity at its best. I love this post! :-) Make it yourself! Be creative! Recycle and save money!Thrifty ingenuity at its best.

]]> By: Do-it-Yourself Fun « Zayna’s Garden http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978533 Do-it-Yourself Fun « Zayna’s Garden Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:10:49 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978533 [...] 14, 2008 by zaynasgarden Thanks to Dana at Principled Discovery for her post “A makeshift education” for the inspiration to finally post the following.  Really, I’ve meaning to for [...] [...] 14, 2008 by zaynasgarden Thanks to Dana at Principled Discovery for her post “A makeshift education” for the inspiration to finally post the following.  Really, I’ve meaning to for [...]

]]> By: Dana http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978483 Dana Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:29:07 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978483 Proper procedure = whatever works. "Sure, sharpen your pencil whenever you need to." Did not work. Not in first grade. They loved sharpening pencils. Who wouldn't? We had allotted pencil sharpening times when they would line up by group and sharpen with a monitor to make sure they didn't sharpen them to nubbins which is what they liked to do most of all. Proper procedure = whatever works.

“Sure, sharpen your pencil whenever you need to.” Did not work. Not in first grade. They loved sharpening pencils. Who wouldn’t? We had allotted pencil sharpening times when they would line up by group and sharpen with a monitor to make sure they didn’t sharpen them to nubbins which is what they liked to do most of all.

]]> By: Nance Confer http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978481 Nance Confer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:16:29 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978481 I was going to ask what the "proper pencil sharpening procedure" is but I am obviously not qualified to know. :) Nance I was going to ask what the “proper pencil sharpening procedure” is but I am obviously not qualified to know. :)

Nance

]]> By: Dana http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978474 Dana Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:14:41 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978474 Sharpening pencils is a huge deal in a classroom. I never knew how much pencil sharpening dominated the classroom. Without proper pencil sharpening procedures, there will be no learning. And I'm not kidding. That was the first thing I had to learn in the classroom. And they didn't teach me anything about that in my education program. Lotta good my certificate did me. :) Sharpening pencils is a huge deal in a classroom. I never knew how much pencil sharpening dominated the classroom. Without proper pencil sharpening procedures, there will be no learning. And I’m not kidding. That was the first thing I had to learn in the classroom. And they didn’t teach me anything about that in my education program. Lotta good my certificate did me. :)

]]> By: Jennifer in OR http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978466 Jennifer in OR Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:06:52 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978466 LOVE this! How awesome that your kids would take the initiative to do this. You had a sentence in your post that started with "students need something that is in short supply in our schools," and the answer was TIME. Very true, and also, in a different way I was thinking they just need <em>anything</em> that is in short supply, because that is where creativity takes over. LOVE this! How awesome that your kids would take the initiative to do this. You had a sentence in your post that started with “students need something that is in short supply in our schools,” and the answer was TIME. Very true, and also, in a different way I was thinking they just need anything that is in short supply, because that is where creativity takes over.

]]> By: Nance Confer http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978458 Nance Confer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:41:52 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978458 4. Once while reading a Montessori N Such catalog I saw a model of a button down shirt for about $35 to teach schooled kids how to do buttons to dress themselves. I had a good laugh as back then I was trying to replicate a Montessori classroom in my home school while in the Montessori classroom they were trying to replicate real life experiences that happen at HOME. I realized at home we can just put the real shirt on and off and skip the model of the shirt. The same thing went for Waldorf early education where the teacher is copying what mom would do in the home (cooking, cleaning, knitting, ironing, washing clothes). *** I had the same thought reading the "we taught the students how to sharpen a pencil" bit above. So "that's a pencil sharpener, make sure it's plugged in" isn't schoolish enough? :) Yesterday's "lesson" was "how to make a grilled cheese because Mom is running around like a madwoman and I have to get something to eat around here!" Nance 4. Once while reading a Montessori N Such catalog I saw a model of a button down shirt for about $35 to teach schooled kids how to do buttons to dress themselves. I had a good laugh as back then I was trying to replicate a Montessori classroom in my home school while in the Montessori classroom they were trying to replicate real life experiences that happen at HOME. I realized at home we can just put the real shirt on and off and skip the model of the shirt. The same thing went for Waldorf early education where the teacher is copying what mom would do in the home (cooking, cleaning, knitting, ironing, washing clothes).

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I had the same thought reading the “we taught the students how to sharpen a pencil” bit above.

So “that’s a pencil sharpener, make sure it’s plugged in” isn’t schoolish enough? :)

Yesterday’s “lesson” was “how to make a grilled cheese because Mom is running around like a madwoman and I have to get something to eat around here!”

Nance

]]> By: Dana http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978414 Dana Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:31:52 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978414 Christine, these educational distributors have a captive audience because teachers have their purchase order numbers or whatever they are called and they are only accepted at some locations. I think school districts could save a ton of money if they just gave their teachers gift cards to WalMart. Granted some of the materials (like furniture) is meant for classroom use and is quite a bit more durable. Those I actually found to be relatively reasonable. But all the toys and enrichment type things were way overpriced. April, Hunter is a dog. :) We call him BatDog because of those insanely long ears of his. And they still stand up. Leslie, that is really neat. We learned origami last month. I need to check out some more books for it so the kids can do some more. They got tired of the few projects in our book after they had made each of them a dozen times and they ran out of people to give them to. Christine, these educational distributors have a captive audience because teachers have their purchase order numbers or whatever they are called and they are only accepted at some locations. I think school districts could save a ton of money if they just gave their teachers gift cards to WalMart.

Granted some of the materials (like furniture) is meant for classroom use and is quite a bit more durable. Those I actually found to be relatively reasonable. But all the toys and enrichment type things were way overpriced.

April, Hunter is a dog. :) We call him BatDog because of those insanely long ears of his. And they still stand up.

Leslie, that is really neat. We learned origami last month. I need to check out some more books for it so the kids can do some more. They got tired of the few projects in our book after they had made each of them a dozen times and they ran out of people to give them to.

]]> By: Leslie http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978410 Leslie Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:59:25 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978410 When my older children were in about the 4th or 5th grade, I put time into the school day for a "30 day project". It was a time to learn and master anything they were interested it. It was their favorite part of the day, and the things they learned! Napkin folding, knot tying, origami, juggling, balloon animals, bread baking, etc. Now, that they are in high school and college, they still have fond memories and some great skills. Time really is key for creativity to bloom. When my older children were in about the 4th or 5th grade, I put time into the school day for a “30 day project”. It was a time to learn and master anything they were interested it. It was their favorite part of the day, and the things they learned! Napkin folding, knot tying, origami, juggling, balloon animals, bread baking, etc. Now, that they are in high school and college, they still have fond memories and some great skills. Time really is key for creativity to bloom.

]]> By: April http://principleddiscovery.com/2008/06/12/a-makeshift-education/comment-page-1/#comment-978408 April Thu, 12 Jun 2008 21:41:16 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=998#comment-978408 Okay, love the post, but that is one big cat. Unless it's a dog or a pygmy goat, then never mind. Okay, love the post, but that is one big cat. Unless it’s a dog or a pygmy goat, then never mind.

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