Feb. 27, 2007 - A First Independent 4R Moment
I've been waiting for a long time (since I first heard about PA and
before I had my own children) to watch my children research, reason,
relate, and record on their own. Well, the first R, which I normally
do for them, they actually got to experience. We are studying zoology
and I wanted them to find out if all spiders spin the same webs or
not. Instead of reading aloud to them as usual, I decided to go to
the library, teach them how to use the database and find books on
spiders. They automatically loved learning that. Well, after they
found the books and started reading them, all while I took a walk
down the beach for 20 min, they couldn't wait to tell me they found
the answer to my question (which I was prepared for them not to say
anything and get tired of reading or something like that). I was so
blessed! My son, who didn't actually do the reading (he let my
daughter read), ran to tell me not just the yes or no answer but list
off all the different types of webs spiders make. I was floored and
very excited and proceeded to exaggerate the principle of God's
creativity! I didn't have to teach it. I would've taught that in our
cozy read aloud time and they might not have remembered, but I think
they will now. We have yet to write that down, but at least I
successfully created a scenario where they can experience the joy or
the first R. And I thought it was too early for them to do the first
R. God is so good!! Raquel Werk
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