Comments on: Learning, rather than being taught. (How boys are falling behind at school and what can be done to help them.) http://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/ Life. Home. Parenting. Food. Geek. Sun, 20 May 2012 13:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ellahttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-3209 ella Fri, 05 Nov 2010 22:13:32 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-3209 Six is very young for tidy writing and advanced fine motor skills. I really believe children of that age should be learning through play, the skills come quickly age 7 onwards so there doesn't seem much point pushing them before that, but that's not the way schools operate in the UK unfortunately.Thanks for commenting! Six is very young for tidy writing and advanced fine motor skills. I really believe children of that age should be learning through play, the skills come quickly age 7 onwards so there doesn’t seem much point pushing them before that, but that’s not the way schools operate in the UK unfortunately.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Beckyhttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Becky Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:45:01 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-3175 P.S Please excuse my spelling above I sent before I checked. maybe I need to go back to school! P.S Please excuse my spelling above I sent before I checked. maybe I need to go back to school!

]]> By: Beckyhttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-3174 Becky Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:42:54 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-3174 A wonderful informative post. my son is 6 hge often leaves school tense and a bit stressd. he hads been told his writing is utidy but his fine motor skills aren't there yet. i wnat o scream at the choll not to trein him in. Now maybe I will!!! Thank you A wonderful informative post. my son is 6 hge often leaves school tense and a bit stressd. he hads been told his writing is utidy but his fine motor skills aren’t there yet. i wnat o scream at the choll not to trein him in. Now maybe I will!!! Thank you

]]> By: Starting school — notes from homehttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2910 Starting school — notes from home Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:33:56 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-2910 [...] subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginDespite all sorts of reservations about sending my four year old off to school, he had a great day and this morning he ran to school, [...] [...] subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.Powered by WP Greet Box WordPress PluginDespite all sorts of reservations about sending my four year old off to school, he had a great day and this morning he ran to school, [...]

]]> By: ellahttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1650 ella Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:49:31 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-1650 Melitsa, thanks for mentioning those two books. I hadn't heard of them before and will look forward to reading them. Melitsa, thanks for mentioning those two books. I hadn’t heard of them before and will look forward to reading them.

]]> By: Melitsahttp://notesfromhome.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Melitsa Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:43:49 +0000 http://mostleast.com/2009/10/20/learning-rather-than-being-taught-how-boys-are-falling-behind-at-school-and-what-can-be-done-to-help-them/#comment-1649 Great post.I have three boys and feel your pain. However I've been reading lots of great advice and pause for thought with The Purpose of boys and minds of boys. There are a lot of things we can do for them. Great ideas we can all use. Great post.

I have three boys and feel your pain. However I’ve been reading lots of great advice and pause for thought with The Purpose of boys and minds of boys. There are a lot of things we can do for them.
Great ideas we can all use.

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