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MarilynW
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Posted: Oct 11 2006 at 9:58pm | IP Logged Quote MarilynW
Hi everyone

One of our homeschool goals has been to "teach our children how to learn" rather than only giving them facts to learn. Please would you share your ideas for doing this.

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Posted: Oct 12 2006 at 9:41am | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
Show them how to use your library system to search for books.

Let them see you learning about a topic of interest to you.

Pull out a field guide and use it with them. (Explain how the field guide is organized and how to narrow down the search. For example, find a tree and try to identify it. In a field guide, read the definition of a tree. Is it a Gymnopserm or Angiosperm? Are the leaves simple or compound? etc.)

Place before them many living books on different topics and read to them.

Ask them what they want to learn and then walk them through the process of searching for appropriate materials. If it's a hands-on skill (like sewing or woodwork), then let them help you find someone that can help them (search in the phonebook, send an email to your local homeschool group,...).

Searching the web is also a skill you can demonstrate. If you're worried about the possibilities, search for something on your own first, then redo the search with them present.

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MOdel the behavior -- mention out loud something you are interested in finding out about and then, in full view (oh my!) of the children, go about locating the information, using a variety of resources (on-line search, dictionary, library, etc.). In this way they will see that you learn by checking something out, and this is how you go about doing that. Especially as your doing this seems rather matter of fact and normal in the day-to-day, it won't seem like something overwhelming or *a big deal* to them.

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