Comments on: Leading Children to True Discoveries http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html High Quality Montessori Materials Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:36:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Lori Bourne http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html/comment-page-1#comment-7111 Lori Bourne Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:47:03 +0000 http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/?p=2382#comment-7111 Yes, following through like that on their observations is a wonderful way to extend their knowledge. Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, following through like that on their observations is a wonderful way to extend their knowledge. Thank you so much for your comment!

]]> By: Cynthia http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html/comment-page-1#comment-7110 Cynthia Sat, 03 Sep 2011 23:12:11 +0000 http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/?p=2382#comment-7110 Wonderful post and it's so true! When we 'feed' the children all the info it becomes dogma instead of them being guided to their 'aha'! moment. So much curriculum is out there that goes by the verification science. Taking your example of experiment first to let the children come to their own conclusions about the world and it's workings, do you have the children read the literature after? For example, if the children went on a nature walk to look at the different flowers, plants, cones etc. and they are guided to see how some numbers are very common in nature, would you then read them the story of a man named Fibonocci who did a lot of research and saw this pattern was true? Wonderful post and it’s so true! When we ‘feed’ the children all the info it becomes dogma instead of them being guided to their ‘aha’! moment. So much curriculum is out there that goes by the verification science. Taking your example of experiment first to let the children come to their own conclusions about the world and it’s workings, do you have the children read the literature after? For example, if the children went on a nature walk to look at the different flowers, plants, cones etc. and they are guided to see how some numbers are very common in nature, would you then read them the story of a man named Fibonocci who did a lot of research and saw this pattern was true?

]]> By: Annicles http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html/comment-page-1#comment-6978 Annicles Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:10:33 +0000 http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/?p=2382#comment-6978 This is a brilliant series of posts. They have been so helpful. Thankyou so much! This is a brilliant series of posts. They have been so helpful. Thankyou so much!

]]> By: Lisa Dykstra http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html/comment-page-1#comment-3437 Lisa Dykstra Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:11 +0000 http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/?p=2382#comment-3437 Thanks, Lori! I think that when we as teachers know "the answers," we want to jump to the bottom line and explain things thoroughly. But then we end up doing all the talking while the student is silent. Who knows how the student is processing all that information we're spewing out? Are they really "getting it" - replacing misconceptions with the truth - or are they simply memorizing our terminology? We have to engage their minds so that THEY are doing the thinking and figuring out. Thoughtful experiments and well-crafted questions are tools for doing just that. Thanks, Lori! I think that when we as teachers know “the answers,” we want to jump to the bottom line and explain things thoroughly. But then we end up doing all the talking while the student is silent. Who knows how the student is processing all that information we’re spewing out? Are they really “getting it” – replacing misconceptions with the truth – or are they simply memorizing our terminology? We have to engage their minds so that THEY are doing the thinking and figuring out. Thoughtful experiments and well-crafted questions are tools for doing just that.

]]> By: Lori Bourne http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/leading-children-to-true-discoveries.html/comment-page-1#comment-2156 Lori Bourne Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:27:34 +0000 http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/?p=2382#comment-2156 I really loved this post, Lisa! I remember doing similar things in all my science classes. And the teachers we had were great (I know we had the same high school physics teacher and he was awesome), but I think they taught us in the same way they had been taught, which was more of the "verification science" model. I hope you blog for me more in the future! I really loved this post, Lisa! I remember doing similar things in all my science classes. And the teachers we had were great (I know we had the same high school physics teacher and he was awesome), but I think they taught us in the same way they had been taught, which was more of the “verification science” model.

I hope you blog for me more in the future!

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