Charlie Gedeon
@charliegedeon
Charlie Gedeon
@charliegedeon

Raising Thoughtful & Curious Kids and Parenting and family stuff
The questions from the article:
“What did you learn today?” vs. “What did you disagree with today?”
“What did you accomplish this week?” vs. “What did you fail at this week?”
“Here’s how you do that.” vs. “How would you solve this problem?”
“Here’s your new kindergarten” vs. “What kindergarten do you want to attend?”
“That’s just the way it is.” vs. “Great question. Why don’t you figure out the answer?”
“You can’t do that.” vs. “What would it take to do that?”
“Did you make a new friend today?” vs. “How did you help someone today?”
Learning how to think really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience. Because if you cannot exercise this kind of choice in adult life, you will be totally hosed.... See more
David Foster Wallace,

Raising Thoughtful & Curious Kids
Famous science writer wrote this book while homeschooling his kids which has some beautiful lines in it that inspire learning science.
The feeling of the wind blowing is the feeling of molecules pushing against you.
Learning Effectively: Science, Insights and Techniques
The interaction themes and interactions that describe how we create understanding information.
Foraging: Locating resources that will lead to understanding
Tuning: Adjusting resources to align with desired understanding
Externalizing: Moving resources out of the head and into the world
Constructing: Forming new knowledge structures in the world
From the Chapter 11 excerpt of Stephen P. Anderson’s incredible design book, Figure It Out.