http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-9444 More Field Trips, Less Classroom! Wed, 27 Oct 2010 22:28:43 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-9444 [...] Real world learning is fine, but it’s incomplete without classroom work.  After all, that’s why kids are in school in the first place, to be given introductory lessons to prepare them for what they’ll encounter outside.  School budgets, as we all know, are thin these days.  I just googled “Field trip funding” to see what the state of school field trips is these days.  It appears that teachers are struggling to find funding to do field trips.  This quote (article written by Melina Charis of the Tideline newspaper) sums it up pretty well: [...] [...] Real world learning is fine, but it’s incomplete without classroom work.  After all, that’s why kids are in school in the first place, to be given introductory lessons to prepare them for what they’ll encounter outside.  School budgets, as we all know, are thin these days.  I just googled “Field trip funding” to see what the state of school field trips is these days.  It appears that teachers are struggling to find funding to do field trips.  This quote (article written by Melina Charis of the Tideline newspaper) sums it up pretty well: [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-7571 Space Shirts: A Lesson Driving Right Next to Us Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:00:53 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-7571 [...] cool things to learn that most kids don’t experience because they don’t get enough time out of the classroom.  The kind people at Space Shirts wound up sending me a t-shirt and two decals that recognize the [...] [...] cool things to learn that most kids don’t experience because they don’t get enough time out of the classroom.  The kind people at Space Shirts wound up sending me a t-shirt and two decals that recognize the [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-7548 Suppressed Enthusiasm Mon, 23 Aug 2010 18:13:41 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-7548 [...] give up, and they both walk away from the experience with no hard feelings.  That’s life.  My role as a parent is to simply encourage them to try their best and to push them to never give [...] [...] give up, and they both walk away from the experience with no hard feelings.  That’s life.  My role as a parent is to simply encourage them to try their best and to push them to never give [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-6068 5 Card Brag: Teach your Kids the Risk of Gambling Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:04:56 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-6068 [...] An interesting thing happened when I taught my kids how to gamble – they loved it.  For those of you who don’t know how to play 5 Card Brag, it’s quite simple.  You deal 5 cards and each player discards the two they don’t like.  The object is to make a prial (3 of a kind), a running flush (3, 4, 5 of the same suit for instance), a run, flush, pair or just a high card in the absence of anything else.  Everybody throws in a certain amount before the hands are dealt and then, after everybody looks at their cards and discards the worst two, they go around betting, folding or seeing until someone wins the pot.  It’s a little like poker but it’s easier.  It’s a bluffing game.  Anyway, I taught my kids how to play using our penny jar as the money supply.  Until, that is, I noticed they weren’t taking their pennies seriously (Neil was trying to bet his whole stash on the fact that he possessed a pair of 10’s).  Every hand was a bluff.  I quickly remembered that I am a parent, and that’s when my parenting abilities engaged.  Time for a lesson.  [...] [...] An interesting thing happened when I taught my kids how to gamble – they loved it.  For those of you who don’t know how to play 5 Card Brag, it’s quite simple.  You deal 5 cards and each player discards the two they don’t like.  The object is to make a prial (3 of a kind), a running flush (3, 4, 5 of the same suit for instance), a run, flush, pair or just a high card in the absence of anything else.  Everybody throws in a certain amount before the hands are dealt and then, after everybody looks at their cards and discards the worst two, they go around betting, folding or seeing until someone wins the pot.  It’s a little like poker but it’s easier.  It’s a bluffing game.  Anyway, I taught my kids how to play using our penny jar as the money supply.  Until, that is, I noticed they weren’t taking their pennies seriously (Neil was trying to bet his whole stash on the fact that he possessed a pair of 10’s).  Every hand was a bluff.  I quickly remembered that I am a parent, and that’s when my parenting abilities engaged.  Time for a lesson.  [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-3157 Levels of Maturity Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:43:37 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-3157 [...] and myself all seem to have similar feelings that sportsmanship is a matter of maturity.  Maturity is not a subject in school, it’s developed through nature, and it’s also nurtured at home.  I speculate that some [...] [...] and myself all seem to have similar feelings that sportsmanship is a matter of maturity.  Maturity is not a subject in school, it’s developed through nature, and it’s also nurtured at home.  I speculate that some [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-1632 Developing Math Skill in Kids Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:03:28 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-1632 [...] money really is quite complicated, but with patience it can be done.  Easily one of the biggest life lessons there [...] [...] money really is quite complicated, but with patience it can be done.  Easily one of the biggest life lessons there [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-1001 Pass it On | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox Thu, 27 Aug 2009 23:19:27 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-1001 [...] conclusion to all this is that it’s important for parents to teach their kids more than standard educational things.  We should graft bits of our wisdom onto them as they grow so [...] [...] conclusion to all this is that it’s important for parents to teach their kids more than standard educational things.  We should graft bits of our wisdom onto them as they grow so [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-966 Censorship | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox Sat, 22 Aug 2009 19:59:00 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-966 [...] is all about learning.  There are things in the world which are somewhat unsavory and that might be tough to accept.  I [...] [...] is all about learning.  There are things in the world which are somewhat unsavory and that might be tough to accept.  I [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-922 7 Reasons I Home School | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:43:43 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-922 [...] my kids at home provides me the opportunity to expose them to lessons they could never get in school.  They are only 5 and 6 years old yet they are starting to learn how Internet marketing works .  [...] [...] my kids at home provides me the opportunity to expose them to lessons they could never get in school.  They are only 5 and 6 years old yet they are starting to learn how Internet marketing works .  [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-885 Consider the Source | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:42:31 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-885 [...] can’t discard all advice though.  We want to accept the wisdom of people who have been successful in their field.  When I have questions about school curriculum [...] [...] can’t discard all advice though.  We want to accept the wisdom of people who have been successful in their field.  When I have questions about school curriculum [...]

]]> http://www.almightydad.com/education/things-they-dont-teach-you-in-school/comment-page-1#comment-824 Space Shirts: A Lesson Driving Right Next to Us | Parenting blog, Caring for Kids | Keith Wilcox Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:34:52 +0000 http://almightydad.com/?p=1927#comment-824 [...] cool things to learn that most kids don’t experience because they don’t get enough time out of the classroom.  The kind people at Space Shirts wound up sending me a t-shirt and two decals that recognize the [...] [...] cool things to learn that most kids don’t experience because they don’t get enough time out of the classroom.  The kind people at Space Shirts wound up sending me a t-shirt and two decals that recognize the [...]

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