tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502326257838215331.post365930465726503975..comments2024-03-24T12:23:04.636-04:00Comments on Homeschooling, Autism, & <i>"Stuff" </i>: What do we want our children to know?Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03646382031666180357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502326257838215331.post-2501072222324058752009-04-06T08:07:00.000-04:002009-04-06T08:07:00.000-04:00I *love* the quote from Charlotte Mason. It remin...I *love* the quote from Charlotte Mason. It reminds me that we need more "unplugged" time. Video games, TV, computer all put our feet in a small room, don't they?<BR/><BR/>Tammy, you are looking at "big picture", zoomed out, so to speak, and I am zoomed in and looking close up.<BR/><BR/>I'll use the skill of gaze shifting as an example. You can teach a child to shift his gaze as a behavioral Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03646382031666180357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502326257838215331.post-36138704267317258432009-04-05T22:13:00.000-04:002009-04-05T22:13:00.000-04:00My philosophy is quite opposite. How we teach dire...My philosophy is quite opposite. How we teach directly affects what a person knows. For me, education is more than what a person knows. To quote Charlotte Mason, <BR/><BR/>"Our aim in Education is to give a Full Life. We begin to see what we want. Children make large demands upon us. We owe it to them to initiate an immense number of interests. 'Thou hast set my feet in a large room' should be walkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05046468024103932112noreply@blogger.com