Teaching Young Children
How To Visualize Highlights
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. . . We err if we think we need to teach young children how to visualize. They already know how . . .
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. . . Visualization is probability-based thinking: every time we see something that could occur (good or bad), even if only in our minds, we create a greater chance that it will . . .
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. . . Children are masters of painting good pictures. Even in war-torn environments, most children find ways to play. . .
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. . . As an adult: I can gain experiential learning in three ways. I can physically do something. I can 'see' myself doing something . . . I can observe someone else doing something and imagine myself stepping into those actions . . .
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. . . Kids fail. So do adults. But almost always to kids, adults have 'hidden' failures . . . adults many times just don't do the things they already know they are going to fail at . . . I didn't say . . . 'they are not interested in.' Do you see where this is going? . . .
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. . . Most adults aren't where they want to be. Do kids know that? Do they know that's OK? . . .
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. . . A lot of young children have the ability to work with tools and every other thing would be easier for them to learn if tools and fixing and building things were integrated into their curriculum. But teachers are trained in colleges and you know what? . . . very few classes use tools.
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. . . kids are losing whole chunks of education they used to get at home because of societal shifts . . .
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. . . we judge kids by . . . I use the word 'judge' because I truly believe it is a judgment. Every day we give children life sentences solely by how WE see them and help them see themselves . . .
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. . . visions can be harmful and visions can be helpful . . . As adults, we need to constantly pay attention to the visions children are internalizing--they express them through their words and actions and expectations . . .
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