tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post8827124156149516183..comments2024-03-21T05:30:03.220-04:00Comments on Science teacher: Guest post by Albert Einstein: What are you doing to the children?doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-40753260812280696382012-09-18T08:36:53.910-04:002012-09-18T08:36:53.910-04:00When a student is curious, that's the perfect ...When a student is curious, that's the perfect time that a teacher can introduce knowledge...as it will definitely be absorbed the the curious mind. Maria Jamellahttp://teacherlingo.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-84081041235047506302012-07-28T07:13:22.447-04:002012-07-28T07:13:22.447-04:00Dear John,
Beyond that, it's no longer art, s...Dear John,<br /><br /><i>Beyond that, it's no longer art, science, literature or any high-minded phrases adults want to throw around.</i><br /><br />You hit it on the head--we need to encourage the natural curiosity without trying to jam it into categories. I fear that the little ones will be tasked with learning "science" vocabulary before they've gotten a good hold of any language at all.<br /><br /><br />Dear Malcolm,<br /><br />"Knows" is a funny word--children find tremendous power in vocabulary, and I do not mean to discourage those kids that latch onto "science" words like bees to honey.<br /><br />Your son has developed some interesting ideas, and maybe you can work through them with him.<br /><br />How do we <i>know</i> how many bones we have in an arm? Could his be different?<br /><br />Do mosquitoes want our blood "to live"? Only the females consume blood, and then only during a specific time.<br /><br />It's true mosquitoes make some of us itch. What can you say about mosquitoes and skeeter bumps. (At his level, just figuring out they leave anything behind at all is a nice leap--but you might want to ask him what might be the point of a skeeter leaving something behind that makes us angry at its fellow skeeters.)<br /><br />Keep encouraging the questions, but keep him on his toes with questions about his hypotheses.doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12901661320505882735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-58394272780320773382012-07-28T04:44:34.426-04:002012-07-28T04:44:34.426-04:00my foster son (5.5yrs) keeps asking about bones......my foster son (5.5yrs) keeps asking about bones...he knows that the 2 in our forearm are the radius and ulna are and that the humerus is not funny...he knows that mosquitoes want our blood to live and that they leave a poison in our skin....which makes us itch...that IS science...i think...hOMESCHOOLING 2020 COVID-19https://www.blogger.com/profile/07217586685244005591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4956989639073843954.post-67557119019744854812012-07-27T16:15:15.438-04:002012-07-27T16:15:15.438-04:00I agree with drawing and observing and natural cur...I agree with drawing and observing and natural curiosity. Beyond that, it's no longer art, science, literature or any high-minded phrases adults want to throw around. <br /><br />My pre-school son loves to observe bugs and draw them later. He asks questions and then watches them again. That's about as scientific as it gets.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.com