Trivum Applied to Communication
Noah Webster tells us Communicate means to impart; to give to another, to bestow, something the receiver holds, retains, and enjoys. And what homeschool parent couldn’t benefit from learning and teaching how to communicate with their students and everyone else?
While there are many well written books on “communication” skills throughout your local Barnes & Nobel, few are able to please the discerning communicator. But, Jo Condrill and Bennie Bough has done just that.
This handbook is a breeze to implement into any homeschool curriculum. It will save us all from Foot-In-Mouth Dis-Ease. The authors ask: "Have you ever agonized over what you would've; should've and could've said?" I really appreciate when a book shows me what to do, instead of just tell.
The book has sold over 70,000 copies, translated into eleven languages by publishers in foreign countries, and is sold worldwide.
As Trivium users you know the value in creating a notebook. Why not create a Communication Notebook?
· Grammar Stage (KNOWLEDGE): Have your students do copywork straight from the text.
· Logic Stage (UNDERSTANDING): Have them define unfamiliar words in order to have understanding.
· Rhetoric Stage (WISDOM): Apply the action steps.
Communication at it’s’ best is a two-way transaction. I speak a thought, you listen.
You speak, I listen. But, sometimes people misinterpret what they hear, either because we were not crystal clear, or for other reasons. Listening requires practice.
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Assumptions we make of others
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Wait. Listen. Don’t be hasty. Give the person a chance to explain.
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