WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.830 So keeping our children curious and wondering is I think one of 00:00:04.830 --> 00:00:08.969 the most important things that we as parents and educators can do. 00:00:09.600 --> 00:00:14.280 I think we really have to consider these things. 00:00:14.429 --> 00:00:14.909 It's not. 00:00:14.909 --> 00:00:21.330 just, you know, I've spoken about it in previous episodes and on the blog, is that 00:00:21.330 --> 00:00:25.649 we cannot be passive consumers of content. 00:00:25.950 --> 00:00:30.899 And we also can't just go through our day doing the same thing over and over again. 00:00:31.319 --> 00:00:36.870 I don't think the children are truly engaged when they're just busy. 00:00:37.169 --> 00:00:39.239 I don't think the children are engaged. 00:00:39.269 --> 00:00:42.540 or truly engaged when they're sitting at desks, just doing 00:00:42.540 --> 00:00:44.459 one worksheet after another. 00:00:45.089 --> 00:00:48.810 I think as educators and parents, we can do better. 00:00:49.259 --> 00:00:54.780 And I think it's time for all of us to actually stop and take a moment and 00:00:54.780 --> 00:00:58.979 think about those questions, you know, in education we're often called upon 00:00:59.429 --> 00:01:04.140 to reflect, reflect on how the lesson went, reflect on how your day went. 00:01:04.619 --> 00:01:06.390 And then to. 00:01:07.140 --> 00:01:12.509 You know, make a plan, put a strategy in place, make some changes so that we can do 00:01:12.509 --> 00:01:15.060 better in the next lesson or the next day. 00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:20.070 And I think that's what we have to do in our lives is we've got to stop for 00:01:20.070 --> 00:01:22.740 a moment and reflect a little bit more. 00:01:23.039 --> 00:01:27.630 And think about what it is that we're doing and how we can do better. 00:01:28.050 --> 00:01:32.729 And I love that today, when we're looking at something a little bit different and 00:01:32.729 --> 00:01:37.470 I've asked some guests to respond to that question what are the best strategies 00:01:37.470 --> 00:01:39.509 to keep kids curious and engaged? 00:01:40.080 --> 00:01:42.810 So I put out this question to some Facebook admins. 00:01:43.170 --> 00:01:45.690 What is your favorite strategy for engaging children 00:01:45.720 --> 00:01:46.830 and keeping them curious? 00:01:47.160 --> 00:01:49.620 So I'm going to play those clips for you. 00:01:50.550 --> 00:01:53.520 Have a listen to them and then I'll weigh in afterwards as 00:01:53.520 --> 00:01:54.990 well in terms of what I think. 00:01:55.260 --> 00:01:58.170 So here we go with the first one have a listen and then 00:01:58.170 --> 00:01:59.550 we'll have a chat about it. 00:02:00.276 --> 00:02:03.936 Children are innately curious, but to spark their curiosity, there 00:02:03.936 --> 00:02:08.456 needs to be an element of wonder in their days, a moment of awe. 00:02:08.736 --> 00:02:12.006 And this can look like an expression on their face. 00:02:12.036 --> 00:02:14.216 It can be a moment of excitement. 00:02:14.536 --> 00:02:16.506 Maybe it's words that they're using. 00:02:16.756 --> 00:02:18.136 Maybe they're jumping. 00:02:18.146 --> 00:02:20.726 It could be about materials that they're exploring. 00:02:21.196 --> 00:02:24.576 And a moment of awe can bring about curiosity. 00:02:24.786 --> 00:02:28.711 And this drives children to take action on that, to speak up. 00:02:28.871 --> 00:02:30.831 to understand what they're exploring. 00:02:31.321 --> 00:02:35.901 So you want to look for wonder moments and reflect on why that may be happening. 00:02:36.291 --> 00:02:39.111 So is it a certain material that they're exploring? 00:02:39.161 --> 00:02:41.601 Is it children that they're playing with? 00:02:42.151 --> 00:02:44.471 Is it a particular part of the setting? 00:02:44.481 --> 00:02:46.441 Was it a question that was asked? 00:02:46.481 --> 00:02:50.661 Like, just reflect on what, what created that wonder moment. 00:02:51.221 --> 00:02:56.791 Now, to keep children curious and to keep them engaging in their play, an important 00:02:56.831 --> 00:03:00.111 element is having a sense of connection. 00:03:00.851 --> 00:03:03.391 And this is being connected to the environment, children, and 00:03:03.421 --> 00:03:05.971 educators that are in the setting. 00:03:06.101 --> 00:03:10.471 So connection brings about safety, calmness, and curiosity can keep 00:03:10.471 --> 00:03:12.421 growing when those are consistent. 00:03:13.561 --> 00:03:17.201 So be open to the moments that come when they're least unexpected and 00:03:17.201 --> 00:03:21.051 look for the wonder moments and take on educator as researcher mindset. 00:03:21.581 --> 00:03:24.161 Be open to where the play experiences take you. 00:03:25.202 --> 00:03:31.042 So you heard there from Veronica Green, Veronica has a website and a 00:03:31.042 --> 00:03:34.222 business called Cultivating Confidence. 00:03:34.362 --> 00:03:39.772 And Veronica also has a Facebook group called All Things Early Years 00:03:39.772 --> 00:03:42.802 and I want to just take a moment and have a look at what she said there. 00:03:43.492 --> 00:03:48.592 So connection, bring safety, calmness, and curiosity can keep growing 00:03:48.592 --> 00:03:50.242 when those things are consistent. 00:03:50.662 --> 00:03:54.652 And I think when we look back and I've spoken before about Maslow's hierarchy, 00:03:54.652 --> 00:03:57.322 for example, Kids, aren't going to learn. 00:03:57.652 --> 00:04:00.352 If they don't feel safe, if they're not happy. 00:04:00.712 --> 00:04:05.672 So I think what she said there about that connection, that's co important, 00:04:06.112 --> 00:04:10.672 and also to be open to those moments that come when they're least expected. 00:04:10.972 --> 00:04:13.342 And we've spoken about that before as well. 00:04:13.612 --> 00:04:16.792 Those moments when a child comes to you with. 00:04:17.152 --> 00:04:20.872 You know, they've discovered a bar or a lady bird or a snail. 00:04:21.262 --> 00:04:27.052 And if you just dismiss that, that's not going to help nurture their curiosity. 00:04:27.262 --> 00:04:32.272 We have to be open to those moments and they're very unexpected, when kids come to 00:04:32.272 --> 00:04:37.552 us with something or they have a question or they point something out in a book. 00:04:37.972 --> 00:04:41.782 And it's not about answering their questions or say, oh, look. 00:04:41.812 --> 00:04:45.172 You know, that's a, that's a lady bird and it's a, it's an insect. 00:04:45.172 --> 00:04:48.142 And you know why it's an insect because it has six legs and a pair 00:04:48.142 --> 00:04:49.762 of wings or whatever it might be. 00:04:50.602 --> 00:04:54.232 For us, it's trying to find those moments where we can nurture their 00:04:54.232 --> 00:05:00.172 curiosity and we nurture them through our own researcher mindset exactly 00:05:00.172 --> 00:05:05.692 as Veronica has just said, it's about thinking as a researcher, thinking as 00:05:05.692 --> 00:05:12.082 an Inquirer, and bringing that inquiry mindset and that inquiry stance to our. 00:05:13.432 --> 00:05:17.812 Interactions with children to put them, to get them to question. 00:05:17.812 --> 00:05:19.852 So we need to question as well. 00:05:20.212 --> 00:05:23.632 And it's not about bombarding them throughout the day with millions of 00:05:23.632 --> 00:05:28.432 questions all the time, because that will also become really boring for kids. 00:05:28.762 --> 00:05:33.322 It's just about finding those really those slight nuanced moments. 00:05:33.322 --> 00:05:34.762 When you can say at that moment. 00:05:34.912 --> 00:05:35.692 Oh, my gosh. 00:05:36.172 --> 00:05:40.282 You know, Well, I wonder why I wonder why. 00:05:40.672 --> 00:05:43.282 Oh, I wonder what kind of creature that might be. 00:05:43.672 --> 00:05:46.612 And maybe go and have a look for things that are in common. 00:05:46.762 --> 00:05:52.042 How do lady birds and beetles and dragonflies, how are they similar, 00:05:52.072 --> 00:05:53.632 what do they have in common? 00:05:54.022 --> 00:05:55.372 So I love that response. 00:05:55.782 --> 00:05:56.142 Okay. 00:05:56.202 --> 00:05:57.522 So here's our next, 00:05:57.522 --> 00:05:58.482 responder. 00:05:58.542 --> 00:06:04.752 with her best strategy for keeping kids curious and engaged. 00:06:04.842 --> 00:06:06.762 Let's see what April. 00:06:06.812 --> 00:06:08.592 Zyko has to say. 00:06:09.225 --> 00:06:10.785 What a great question. 00:06:10.825 --> 00:06:14.445 I love the idea of how do we get kids curious? 00:06:14.795 --> 00:06:17.065 Well, just to say, I'm April Zyko. 00:06:17.095 --> 00:06:21.315 I'm a nature based early childhood educator, and I teach a lot of 00:06:21.315 --> 00:06:24.775 college courses and do virtual professional development for teachers. 00:06:25.155 --> 00:06:29.805 And this idea of tapping into children's curiosities is one that I love. 00:06:30.095 --> 00:06:34.800 And so my favorite tip would be Is really getting kids outside, giving 00:06:34.810 --> 00:06:39.040 them these opportunities for hands on nature based learning, giving 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:44.530 them the tools and just letting them to explore their own backyards. 00:06:44.850 --> 00:06:51.750 And so I know when I shift my thinking as, uh, you know, what's my role as a teacher. 00:06:52.080 --> 00:06:57.790 And I really focus on being a facilitator and being a keen observer of children. 00:06:58.180 --> 00:06:58.840 And then. 00:06:59.380 --> 00:07:07.420 Allowing their curiosities to really lead the learning and so allowing their 00:07:07.420 --> 00:07:10.830 interest to really drive our curriculum. 00:07:11.160 --> 00:07:15.990 It's such a great way to, um, just really foster their, their curiosities. 00:07:16.710 --> 00:07:22.150 And so I think part of it is how we add materials to our learning 00:07:22.150 --> 00:07:25.820 environment and how we really. 00:07:25.905 --> 00:07:30.385 Um, shift our role rather than being this direct instruction, 00:07:30.685 --> 00:07:32.425 being more that facilitator. 00:07:32.785 --> 00:07:36.875 And so my top tip is head outside and get curious yourself. 00:07:37.559 --> 00:07:41.219 So I really couldn't have said that any better myself. 00:07:41.249 --> 00:07:42.509 Thank you April. 00:07:43.349 --> 00:07:49.229 Getting kids outside is her favorite tip and I think it's probably mine and every 00:07:49.229 --> 00:07:55.739 other educator on the planet that has seen firsthand just how being outside and being 00:07:55.739 --> 00:08:02.639 outdoors can I open up children's awe and wonder, and really get them curious. 00:08:02.999 --> 00:08:06.869 And that's why if you listen to my, one of my previous episodes, 00:08:06.869 --> 00:08:12.209 when I was talking to Victoria Hackett, from outdoor classrooms.com. 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:14.699 You know, we spoke in depth about. 00:08:15.839 --> 00:08:19.799 How children build their curiosity and their learning outside. 00:08:20.219 --> 00:08:23.549 And just how much they learn when they're outdoors. 00:08:23.849 --> 00:08:28.559 And she also gave so many great tips to educators and parents of how they can 00:08:28.559 --> 00:08:33.659 prepare the outdoor environment to create that awe and wonder because if it's 00:08:33.689 --> 00:08:38.159 all beautifully manicured, but there's nothing there, might be extraordinarily 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:42.229 beautiful, but there's nothing there for them to really get stuck into. 00:08:42.229 --> 00:08:44.719 There may not be any loose parts, for example. 00:08:45.169 --> 00:08:45.979 These are things. 00:08:46.009 --> 00:08:50.059 Children need to be able to do things they need to get active. 00:08:50.089 --> 00:08:52.069 They need to climb and explore and. 00:08:52.849 --> 00:08:55.609 You know, use their five senses literally. 00:08:56.029 --> 00:09:00.529 So I think getting outdoors is exactly the right place to. 00:09:01.729 --> 00:09:05.539 To nurture children's awe and wonder and curiosity. 00:09:05.569 --> 00:09:11.969 And also I really loved how April spoke about we, as, as educators 00:09:12.119 --> 00:09:16.589 shifting our stance and that it's not that we're always just teaching. 00:09:16.589 --> 00:09:20.189 It's not that whole talk and chalk thing when we're just standing at the front 00:09:20.189 --> 00:09:22.869 of the classroom just yapping away. 00:09:23.379 --> 00:09:26.499 Um, we can't really just be yapping away anymore. 00:09:27.199 --> 00:09:29.899 You know, we're up against technology. 00:09:30.289 --> 00:09:35.199 And children find technology, unfortunately, but they find 00:09:35.199 --> 00:09:37.719 technology highly, highly engaging. 00:09:37.719 --> 00:09:41.949 because it really gets their dopamine going so. 00:09:42.849 --> 00:09:46.449 We need to be the dopamine, but it's not just us. 00:09:46.449 --> 00:09:50.479 We need to find ways that we can get kids curious. 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:55.959 And by us nurturing their curiosity by finding ways that we can teach 00:09:55.989 --> 00:10:01.209 our content outside, I think is a wonderful step in the right direction. 00:10:01.569 --> 00:10:06.099 And as April said, we've got to be facilitators and a really 00:10:06.099 --> 00:10:07.629 keen observer of children. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:10.329 So again, that whole idea. 00:10:11.079 --> 00:10:15.639 Of not being passive, not just standing there watching children, 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:19.539 but really getting in there and really closely observing. 00:10:19.539 --> 00:10:22.389 What is it that they're talking about to one another? 00:10:22.689 --> 00:10:25.209 What is it that they're picking up off the ground? 00:10:25.999 --> 00:10:27.409 What is it that they're saying? 00:10:27.709 --> 00:10:31.189 Is there a way that we can come in and maybe ask a question? 00:10:31.459 --> 00:10:35.569 Just to take them and guide them along a path of inquiry, for example. 00:10:35.869 --> 00:10:42.019 So we've got to lean into their curiosities and their interests and 00:10:42.019 --> 00:10:45.019 use that to drive our curriculum. 00:10:46.099 --> 00:10:51.019 And I think we sometimes get so worried about the curriculum, but you know, 00:10:51.049 --> 00:10:55.739 if we know our curriculum really well, then when we take children's 00:10:55.759 --> 00:10:58.579 curiosities, we can get that to fit in 00:10:58.579 --> 00:11:00.019 so, so easily. 00:11:00.529 --> 00:11:06.469 And interestingly enough, I was so fortunate and so thrilled beyond measure. 00:11:06.469 --> 00:11:10.159 I cannot tell you I was actually so excited, but so incredibly 00:11:10.159 --> 00:11:14.089 nervous I actually interviewed Claire Warden last Friday. 00:11:14.389 --> 00:11:18.979 And that's an upcoming episode, so don't forget to subscribe so that you can be 00:11:18.979 --> 00:11:21.739 notified when that episode goes live. 00:11:22.309 --> 00:11:25.459 But Claire was saying those exact same things. 00:11:25.729 --> 00:11:30.619 So whenever I speak to anybody, whoever I speak to in previous people, I've re. 00:11:30.859 --> 00:11:32.539 Uh, interviewed. 00:11:33.229 --> 00:11:37.189 It's always the same stuff that comes up over and over again. 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:40.789 So I'm kind of wondering if, if all of us. 00:11:41.749 --> 00:11:45.889 People that are interested, really deeply interested and passionate 00:11:45.889 --> 00:11:51.169 about children and how they learn and nurturing their curiosity and 00:11:51.169 --> 00:11:52.909 their awe and wonder in the world, 00:11:52.909 --> 00:11:53.239 because. 00:11:53.239 --> 00:11:58.459 , if you think about it, so many of us right have become so so sort of 00:11:58.969 --> 00:12:02.569 disinterested and disconnected with our world is just like, we're just 00:12:02.569 --> 00:12:05.779 going through the motions of every day. 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:10.309 Not really stopping and saying, hang on a minute, how do I feel about this? 00:12:10.309 --> 00:12:11.419 What's going on with me? 00:12:11.479 --> 00:12:12.289 Can I be better? 00:12:12.319 --> 00:12:14.989 Can I do, but it was my response appropriate. 00:12:16.069 --> 00:12:18.469 Yeah, I think we really have to start 00:12:20.029 --> 00:12:24.049 being facilitators, not just about children's learning, but 00:12:24.049 --> 00:12:25.879 of our own learning as well. 00:12:26.089 --> 00:12:31.519 And just stopping in the moment and get off the phones, get off the computers, get 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:36.529 off the technology because that's, what's sucking up our brain power and our time. 00:12:37.099 --> 00:12:42.199 And start asking yourselves and doing a little bit of introspection and thinking. 00:12:42.499 --> 00:12:47.719 How can I facilitate children's learning rather than just yapping away at them. 00:12:48.869 --> 00:12:53.939 So I love also allowing children's curiosities and their interests 00:12:53.939 --> 00:12:56.109 to drive to drive their learning. 00:12:56.109 --> 00:12:57.819 I think that's super important. 00:12:58.179 --> 00:13:01.599 And I love also, I know I'm doing a lot of loving. 00:13:01.959 --> 00:13:08.559 Um, That we need to shift our role from a direct instruction type of role to 00:13:08.559 --> 00:13:11.499 that of a facilitating type of role. 00:13:11.889 --> 00:13:19.569 And as April said, her top tip was really to get outside and be curious ourselves. 00:13:19.929 --> 00:13:23.469 And I think I've said that over and over and over so many times. 00:13:23.769 --> 00:13:28.449 We cannot expect kids to be curious if we're not curious ourselves, we 00:13:28.449 --> 00:13:31.299 cannot expect kids to be good readers, 00:13:31.509 --> 00:13:37.299 if we aren't modeling, reading ourselves, we cannot expect kids to speak correctly 00:13:37.419 --> 00:13:39.969 if we don't speak correctly, ourselves. 00:13:40.299 --> 00:13:46.779 We are, really, the biggest influencers in our children's lives. 00:13:47.439 --> 00:13:51.999 Maybe we don't realize that, but you know, Have you ever noticed, for 00:13:51.999 --> 00:13:56.049 example, You'll be sitting there and then you hear a kid say something. 00:13:56.469 --> 00:13:59.049 And it's just, you they've just said exactly 00:13:59.119 --> 00:14:03.819 what you say, because we are so important, we play this really 00:14:03.819 --> 00:14:05.949 important part in children's lives. 00:14:06.309 --> 00:14:10.089 Where everything we do and say, and in fact, even the things we don't do 00:14:10.089 --> 00:14:15.939 and say, are influencing children's lives in massive, massive ways. 00:14:16.779 --> 00:14:22.179 So also, I just want to say now that a great place for you to go to 00:14:22.389 --> 00:14:27.309 for tips and resources and articles to get you thinking and wondering 00:14:27.339 --> 00:14:29.739 about your practice as an educator. 00:14:30.219 --> 00:14:32.499 Is EDS lessons.com. 00:14:32.839 --> 00:14:36.619 So if you want to nurture, not just your learners, curiosity, but your 00:14:36.619 --> 00:14:41.809 own too, then head over to Ed's lessons.com and stay in the know. 00:14:42.199 --> 00:14:43.399 And while you're there. 00:14:43.759 --> 00:14:47.689 Check out the eGuide that I created, especially for those of you that 00:14:47.689 --> 00:14:51.919 may be new to, or just a little unsure or nervous of how to get 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:53.869 started with inquiry based learning. 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.489 Because I've created an easy guide there to help you get started, and 00:14:58.489 --> 00:15:01.309 it's aptly called inquiry 1 0 1. 00:15:01.579 --> 00:15:04.629 It takes you through the process of inquiry with step-by-step 00:15:04.629 --> 00:15:08.829 instructions to integrate the inquiry cycle into everyday lessons. 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:13.569 And so of course you will be nurturing your own curiosity yourself. 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:19.149 So many educators, and even parents, if you're a homeschool parents, think 00:15:19.149 --> 00:15:21.549 that inquiry is a separate subject. 00:15:21.549 --> 00:15:23.199 Well, it's not, it's a stance. 00:15:23.229 --> 00:15:24.609 It's your mindset. 00:15:25.149 --> 00:15:29.979 And just, if you can get into that whole mindset of looking for those 00:15:29.979 --> 00:15:32.349 moments, as we heard earlier. 00:15:33.339 --> 00:15:38.439 Veronica talk about looking for those moments in a child's day, 00:15:38.829 --> 00:15:42.609 you're looking for moments where they are being curious moments where 00:15:42.609 --> 00:15:43.989 they're interested in something. 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:48.609 And capitalizing on those moments to drive inquiry. 00:15:48.909 --> 00:15:55.299 And even as April said, Using those interests that children have to drive 00:15:55.299 --> 00:15:57.909 the curriculum to drive your inquiry. 00:15:58.359 --> 00:16:03.299 You know, one of the things that I see so often on social media. 00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:08.549 are homeschool l parents specifically, actually that have decided to homeschool 00:16:08.549 --> 00:16:12.179 their children and they have a five-year-old or even a four year old 00:16:12.179 --> 00:16:13.829 and those going where's the curriculum. 00:16:13.829 --> 00:16:16.769 What curriculum can I use to teach this child? 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:20.729 And I have gone on and I've responded to this and saying, 00:16:20.729 --> 00:16:22.349 well, the child is the curriculum. 00:16:22.379 --> 00:16:25.589 And people get really annoyed and uppity with me because they then 00:16:25.589 --> 00:16:29.149 think, well, I want a curriculum I want something on paper. 00:16:29.149 --> 00:16:30.709 I want someone to guide me. 00:16:31.369 --> 00:16:35.809 But your child is the curriculum their interests are 00:16:35.809 --> 00:16:37.849 what will drive your curriculum. 00:16:38.539 --> 00:16:38.659 Yeah. 00:16:38.689 --> 00:16:42.529 One of the reasons for people, I think choosing to homeschool their 00:16:42.529 --> 00:16:45.469 children is because they don't want. 00:16:46.039 --> 00:16:50.359 Uh, they don't want the rigidity of perhaps what happens in this. 00:16:50.809 --> 00:16:58.159 In a school setting because schools are driven by timetables and time 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:02.659 constraints, and that's just the way it is because when you are in a class 00:17:02.659 --> 00:17:08.239 with 25 or 29 or 30 kids, you have to have those structures in place 00:17:08.269 --> 00:17:09.469 otherwise you have chaos. 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:14.839 But in a homeschool setting when you've just got a couple of kids, 1, 2, 3, 4, 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:20.989 whatever it might be, when you've just got those few kids, you can so easily drive 00:17:20.989 --> 00:17:23.539 your curriculum with their interests. 00:17:23.839 --> 00:17:28.329 But you first have to get that inquiry mindset going in yourself and 00:17:28.329 --> 00:17:34.509 think, well, How can I use moments of awe and wonder to drive this 00:17:34.509 --> 00:17:39.849 child's learning and those moments of awe and wonder are found outdoors. 00:17:40.239 --> 00:17:45.489 So everything that April and Veronica said today, Go out doors. 00:17:45.939 --> 00:17:47.589 See where that takes you. 00:17:47.949 --> 00:17:53.839 And again, if you go to Ed's lessons to the website, you will find an eGuide 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:58.149 there called How to nurture children's curiosity naturally, which would 00:17:58.149 --> 00:18:04.689 really help you to see where those natural moments are, where you could 00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:08.139 take them and nurture that curiosity. 00:18:08.379 --> 00:18:10.479 And if you're open to that idea, 00:18:10.879 --> 00:18:16.829 that's going to help you to apply inquiry, learning to what children are learning. 00:18:17.729 --> 00:18:21.779 And once more, I think I have to also make it quite clear here we're talking 00:18:21.779 --> 00:18:27.449 about nurturing children's curiosity not killing it with worksheets. 00:18:28.169 --> 00:18:30.329 Yes, there are place for worksheets. 00:18:30.359 --> 00:18:34.979 Yes, we should have a worksheet every now and again, because it might be 00:18:34.979 --> 00:18:36.619 something that we want to consolidate 00:18:36.619 --> 00:18:38.519 or we want to see what children have learned. 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.579 And of course we want them to write and we want them to read, we 00:18:41.579 --> 00:18:46.049 want them to show what they know, there is a place for worksheets. 00:18:46.469 --> 00:18:50.969 But to give a worksheet for every single lesson of every single 00:18:50.969 --> 00:18:57.449 day that's not real learning, that's not getting kids thinking. 00:18:57.629 --> 00:19:00.059 That's not what curiosity is about. 00:19:00.089 --> 00:19:01.889 There are better ways to do that. 00:19:02.219 --> 00:19:06.299 And if you hang around Blooming Curious for long enough, and you go to 00:19:06.299 --> 00:19:10.649 edslessons.com for long enough, and to have a look at some of the resources 00:19:10.649 --> 00:19:16.919 there you'll start seeing other ways where you can gather children's knowledge 00:19:16.949 --> 00:19:22.409 and other ways that they can show their learning and make their learning visible. 00:19:22.589 --> 00:19:24.419 So I really hope that you'll do that. 00:19:24.879 --> 00:19:28.269 Thanks again to April and Veronica for taking the time to record 00:19:28.269 --> 00:19:31.239 their favorite strategies for keeping kids curious and engaged. 00:19:31.239 --> 00:19:32.949 We really, really appreciate that. 00:19:34.028 --> 00:19:38.048 And I really thank you for being here today. 00:19:38.108 --> 00:19:42.998 I know that you can choose a million other podcasts out there to listen to. 00:19:43.688 --> 00:19:47.918 And they're all amazing and wonderful, but I thank you for taking the time 00:19:47.948 --> 00:19:52.688 today to listen to Blooming Curious, because clearly you want to nurture your 00:19:52.718 --> 00:19:54.848 own curiosity as well as your children. 00:19:55.238 --> 00:20:00.788 And that is amazing because the more of us than can be curious and awake and 00:20:01.238 --> 00:20:06.458 thinking about how we can better serve children the better for, I think humanity. 00:20:06.668 --> 00:20:11.498 So thanks for being here and guys can I just say that this 00:20:11.498 --> 00:20:16.748 podcast cannot grow without you following and without your reviews. 00:20:16.988 --> 00:20:22.388 So I want to also thank those of you that have left reviews and those of 00:20:22.388 --> 00:20:26.558 you that are following because that's really helping this podcast grow. 00:20:26.968 --> 00:20:32.238 Podcasts do not grow and do not get in front of other people unless 00:20:32.468 --> 00:20:37.148 you share them, unless you follow them and unless you leave reviews, 00:20:37.178 --> 00:20:40.628 that's just how the algorithm and the whole podcast scene works. 00:20:40.958 --> 00:20:45.338 So, if you really like what you're hearing, please leave a review 00:20:45.368 --> 00:20:47.678 I would really, really appreciate that. 00:20:48.068 --> 00:20:53.288 And also don't forget to follow because I am interviewing so many awesome people 00:20:53.288 --> 00:20:57.098 and there's so many awesome episodes coming and that way you won't miss it. 00:20:57.428 --> 00:21:02.138 So hope to see you here or for you to listen to me again next week. 00:21:02.498 --> 00:21:06.878 Tuesday is when every new episode launches and I will see you then 00:21:06.908 --> 00:21:09.968 until then stay blooming curious.