If you want your child to learn something, try the thing in your child’s presence. Work the math problem or copy the passage in full view. Don’t announce it. Simply do it. Be an object of curiosity rather than a teacher.
Pick something that you would love to do and then, just do it.
Perhaps you’d love to:
- paint,
- play with clay,
- repot all your African violets,
- run through the sprinklers,
- quilt,
- make pancakes from scratch,
- map the constellations,
- or learn how to play a new board game.
Do it.
In silence. No announcements, no declarations of “wouldn’t this be fun to do together?”
Rather, wake up and start doing the thing. Your kids may notice. When they do, scooch over. Let them handle the implement, or make a mark on a page, or run through the sprinklers in their pajamas.
Your task is to serve as a participant, not as a teacher. See what happens! You might be surprised.
Open the math book; work a problem. Copy your favorite quote from Emma into a notebook.
LEARN. See what happens.
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