Learning Together

Te Ao Hou, June 1965, Page 50

Learning Together Your children will understand your not knowing about their school work if they realise that you are wise and clever in other ways. But surely you're not going to let your kids beat you. If they can learn it, why can't you learn it with them? You could start by reading their school books, and asking them a few questions. You could even make a game out of it. Pretend you don't know and get them to teach you. Before long they may be telling you quite a few things you didn't know before. Please remember to enjoy this if it happens, because that will give them a really good reason for learning their work thoroughly. And if they give you a full explanation, won't that help them to understand it better themselves? You're probably going to hand me the excuse that you haven't got time to do all this. I don't believe it. Think of all the times when you said you were too busy, and yet you somehow managed to make time for that rather important job that just had to be done. Isn't your children's education just as important? This article is published with acknowledgement to ‘Te Kotuku’, the newsletter of the Whanganui Educational Advancement Committee, in which it first appeared.