Comments on: Research Shows Moms Help Kids Learn Best http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/03/07/research-shows-moms-help-kids-learn-best/ Aha! moments from a ho-hum life Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: 115th Carnival of Homeschooling: Oh, The Things That You’ll Do! | Janice Campbell http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/03/07/research-shows-moms-help-kids-learn-best/#comment-10306 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:37:39 +0000 http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/03/07/research-shows-moms-help-kids-learn-best/#comment-10306 [...] In Research Shows Moms Help Kids Learn Best, Lori Mortimer of MORTpiphanies reports on a study by Vanderbilt University showed that young children learned better when they were asked to explain what they learned to someone else. They learned best when the listener was their mother. The connection to homeschooling should be obvious. [...] […] In Research Shows Moms Help Kids Learn Best, Lori Mortimer of MORTpiphanies reports on a study by Vanderbilt University showed that young children learned better when they were asked to explain what they learned to someone else. They learned best when the listener was their mother. The connection to homeschooling should be obvious. […]

]]> by: piscesgrrl http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/03/07/research-shows-moms-help-kids-learn-best/#comment-10158 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:59:32 +0000 http://www.lorimortimer.com/blog/2008/03/07/research-shows-moms-help-kids-learn-best/#comment-10158 Wait, no comments yet? Oh I know - everyone ran off to tell their moms what they just read! This is excellent. And it really adds to the point I tried to make in my latest article about purpose-driven learning, too. I guess I'd never thought about it in this context before, but when Brady is consumed by one of his chosen activities, I get a lot of "Mom, can you come see this?" and "Mom, you've GOT to see this!" and "Mom, I need your opinion." With his homework? Nothing. Do you have much homework? (shoulder shrug) What are you working on there? (Just some math.) Is this topic difficult to understand? (shrug - Not really.) Thanks for sharing this! Wait, no comments yet? Oh I know - everyone ran off to tell their moms what they just read!

This is excellent. And it really adds to the point I tried to make in my latest article about purpose-driven learning, too. I guess I’d never thought about it in this context before, but when Brady is consumed by one of his chosen activities, I get a lot of “Mom, can you come see this?” and “Mom, you’ve GOT to see this!” and “Mom, I need your opinion.” With his homework? Nothing.

Do you have much homework? (shoulder shrug)
What are you working on there? (Just some math.)
Is this topic difficult to understand? (shrug - Not really.)

Thanks for sharing this!

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