Modeling Learning
All the Time (from my last post) leads right into Capturing Teachable Moments because if the parent
is modeling learning and inquisitiveness, the child will be learning and
inquisitive, so Teachable Moments will arise habitually. Teachable Moments refers to direct teaching
to the child when they show a direct interest in something. This does not refer to “teaching them a
lesson” when things go wrong or their behavior is somehow unacceptable for the
situation at hand. Often it refers to a
child showing an interest in what an adult is doing, the adult slowing it down
and walking them through it only as far as the child wants to go. I know if I try to keep teaching once the
child’s interest is gone the material will not get through.
In the home this could look like a parent changing the
oil in their car and the child asking to help.
Depending on the age, skill level and interest of the child, the parent talks
to them about what they are doing, allowing the learner to take part in as much
of the process as possible. Of course,
not every single happening in the home can be accommodated in this way, but
many things can be, what’s needed on the part of the parent is sometimes a colossal
dose of patience.
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