Busy Bee
The wash is piled up, have to clean my house in the French way, that is very quick because last week was fully booked. Besides work I did a one and a half day training module for out of home childcare. I love courses and in this one my favourite topic was communication and emotive language. it is amazing when you realise how much emotion is locked up in a word.
We also talked about routines which is very important in the lives of children promoting predictability, stability and safety. Although I am fully aware of this, it is a tough one for me. I love to make use of the moment. When the sun shines, leave everything, go out, laugh learn. My passion is to teach children while playing and exploring. I find that much more important than to stick to routines. But who am I.
Talking about teaching I also had a magnificent teaching hour with 3 students at unlimited. I let them make sentences in Dutch in plural. I said to them "I have money" in Dutch and threw the ball to one of them. They had to repeat with plural "I have more money" They loved it and they started to make up their own silly sentences. We had great fun and when the brain is relaxed it learns best.
That is also what Dr Susan Foster Cohen said in her talk at Unlimited on thursday. She talked about the brain and about the teenage brain in particular. Brainstuff is my favourite subject so there was much to enjoy.
We also had a shared tea and a lovely time socialising with the other parents and I also played a game of ping pong with one of the students and I must say I didn't do that bad. (We had a ping pong table in my parents holiday house when I was young) It was good exercise too.
You have been a busy bee but now you have to spoil it all with ironing? You poor dear. Did you ever see the pic of my ironing board cover? I will send it to you, makes ironing a little more interesting.
ReplyDeleteYou are teaching something & learning another....wow! I hv problems learning anything nowadays!
ReplyDeleteA couple of things:
ReplyDelete1) "clean my house in the French way" - I thought you were going to say "I just threw some perfume on it". :)
2) "Teenage brain"? From the teenagers I usually interact with I would have sworn that's an oxymoron.
Have a nice day!
Thanks KB although it must be extra ordinairy to make ironing interesting
ReplyDeleteXue I only learn fun things I am not able to learn things I am not interested in
Bert I can't wait
Baba great idea. Where's the parfum
I had to look up the word oxymoron which means :Contradictionary terms are combined to create new meaning
aha teenage contradicts brain. Right? right It creates new meaning because they do have brains but diffenent ones from ours. So you are rightit's an oxymoron
Thank you Marja for sharing your thoughts on the learning process. Yes indeed, learning is pleasurable and profitable when the learner is actively involved in the process, and as is evident in your discourse. Also, this is where Constructivism in education comes into the picture. Thus, student-oriented learning is more desirable than the traditional approached commonly known as teacher-oriented learning.
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Paterika
Dear busy bee..hope you have a great weekend, hugs to you :D
ReplyDeleteWhat a busy bee you are. It all sounds very satisfying though - except possibly the ironing!
ReplyDeleteI do have a couple of shirts that need ironing!
ReplyDeletewow, brainstuff! love it, hope i can join! "when the brain is relaxed it learns best". i guess everyone must remember that.
ReplyDeleteei marja, i'll be out of the blogger world for a while and i will miss you so much.
always take ok. keep that good soul in you. *hugs*
ironing aaarghhhh :)))
ReplyDeletethe last image on my post is M.'s signature! :)
big kiss, dear!
I would rather be a monster at the bottom of a lake than have to iron. Ironing must have been invented by the Devil himself.
ReplyDeleteI love reading about your devotion to teaching. There is no nobler calling than teaching.
Bob
Beautiful and I like especially the picture; it is a professional picture.
ReplyDeleteNice weekend too,Marja
Paterika I am glad that you are on the same line. I think student directed learning is the future for education. See you
ReplyDeleteDear M.Kate thanks lots of hugs for you too
Keith I enjoy myself a lot at the moment. Just....right
Yeh right Steve Do I look pale
Will miss you Iriz. It was nice to get to know you
Hi APo will visit you soon
You are so right Bob I would rather be a monster too I go and practise that now
I am not a formal teacher I just try to teach as I go along
Sorry Erik the picure is courtesy of google
I had been lecturer of Mass communication in a college here from 2003-07.I loved job.The thing I understood that to be a good teacher ,you should be a constant learner and a student.
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