Thursday, September 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
ART EDUCATION INTIATIVES BY PRIVATE SECTORS
Its all happened in Mumbai, got to know about it only today. Mumbai is a happening place, so much so that quite a lot of it goes unnoticed too. As a educator it feels great to see that such initative will open up lots of avenues for supporting a child's interest in art. At home and school the child goes through daily grinds of homework pressure a weekend at such fest wld definately rejenuvate a child.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
inspiring post from an unschooling mother
Posted by: "Lisa" jlblock01@yahoo.com jlblock01
Thu May 8, 2008 1:03 pm (PDT)
This morning my 6 yr old asked the little boy that we are fostering
right now why he had to go to school... the boy replied that you HAD
to go to school to learn so you could get a good job... Jack thought
about it for a second and said "what happens if you don't get a GOOD
job? I think I would rather have a fun job" Funny how some adults
don't even get this and my 6 yr old has it figured out!
Oh and for the record... my father never took a woodworking class and
builds beautiful furniture which he learned to build from a book.. the
tools he uses ...learned to use those from a book also...my mother
learned to make beautiful baskets from a book, my husband learned car
repair from a book none were ever "taught" by anyone. One summer I
taught myself to play the alto saxophone... when I returned to school
and told my music director I wanted to switch from clarinet to
saxophone that I had learned over the summer he refused to let me
until I lied and said I took lessons! All of my children have
learned tons of things from books while never being taught by anyone
else. Anyone ever heard of "independent study"???
Lisa
Thu May 8, 2008 1:03 pm (PDT)
This morning my 6 yr old asked the little boy that we are fostering
right now why he had to go to school... the boy replied that you HAD
to go to school to learn so you could get a good job... Jack thought
about it for a second and said "what happens if you don't get a GOOD
job? I think I would rather have a fun job" Funny how some adults
don't even get this and my 6 yr old has it figured out!
Oh and for the record... my father never took a woodworking class and
builds beautiful furniture which he learned to build from a book.. the
tools he uses ...learned to use those from a book also...my mother
learned to make beautiful baskets from a book, my husband learned car
repair from a book none were ever "taught" by anyone. One summer I
taught myself to play the alto saxophone... when I returned to school
and told my music director I wanted to switch from clarinet to
saxophone that I had learned over the summer he refused to let me
until I lied and said I took lessons! All of my children have
learned tons of things from books while never being taught by anyone
else. Anyone ever heard of "independent study"???
Lisa
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
A-Z song
Most of the boys love cars...so does my son...
I helped him to his A to Z with his fav subject....cars
A for Alto
B for Baleno
C for Corolla
D for Datsun(international)
E for Esteem
F for Fabia
G for Getz
H for Honda City
I for Ikon
J for Jeep
K for Kompressor
L for Lancer
M for Matiz
N for Nexia
O for Octavia
P for Pajero
Q for Qualis
R for Renault
S for Santro
T for Tavera
U for Uno
V for Versa
W for Wagon-R
X for Xeta
Y for Yuppie ( imaginary)
Z for Zen
I have recorded the song on my cellphone...actually its my voice with a slideshow...its his favourite.
I helped him to his A to Z with his fav subject....cars
A for Alto
B for Baleno
C for Corolla
D for Datsun(international)
E for Esteem
F for Fabia
G for Getz
H for Honda City
I for Ikon
J for Jeep
K for Kompressor
L for Lancer
M for Matiz
N for Nexia
O for Octavia
P for Pajero
Q for Qualis
R for Renault
S for Santro
T for Tavera
U for Uno
V for Versa
W for Wagon-R
X for Xeta
Y for Yuppie ( imaginary)
Z for Zen
I have recorded the song on my cellphone...actually its my voice with a slideshow...its his favourite.
cellphone and multi-lingual rhymes
a CELLPHONE is a great tool , my preschooler son loves to listen rhymes again and again and again....i have recorded his fav rhymes and hand over the cellphone to him, the GUI has enabled him to understand the path of these recording and he loads it and lo! he can hear his mother singing as long /many times, to hearts content. i have friends from varied cultures...they have recorded rhymes in various languages and it has helped him pick up other language rhymes too...they r memorized within 2 days. the best part is that my child is in control of what he wants to learn and is very skillfully accomplishing language skills.
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