Monday, October 20, 2008
lessons learned from children
I feel that children can teach us a lot. It is important to pay attention to children all of the time. Children like to have fun and be care free. I think that adults can learn from this. Adults sometimes need to relax kick back and have fun. Children teach me that it is ok to have fun. As a teacher it is important to watch and learn from children. Children also teach us that it is ok to make mistakes because all children make mistakes as well as adults. When a child makes a mistake they just try and try again. It is important for adults to relize that if they make mistales it is ok to try and try again. In the Walking Trees children have to right stories about something that is important to them. When I was reading what the children were writing about it showed me that everything is important to children. This taught me not to judge people. It might sound weird that I learned that from this, but I did . Children write about whatever they want and do not worry about what anyone else is going to think. This is important. i learned to to worry about what people think and not to judge what people do.
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I would be great if adults could live as children do. Children live without fear of judgment or making mistakes. Adults should learn that it is OK to make mistakes, learn from our mistakes and try again. I, too, enjoyed the stories the children wrote throughout the book, especially the personal stories that truly affected their lives. I think it is important for teachers to acknowledge those stories to better understand his/her students and always take into consideration the family life of a child.
I had mentioned in my post that it is important for children to understand that we learn from our mistakes. I also have really enjoyed reading the personal stories the students wrote in Walking Trees. When students write, they get to know themselves better. At the same time the teacher is learning from them. Writing provides students the opportunity to understand what is important to them and what they value. When teachers read students writing it enables them to hear and understand who they are.
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