AnonyMouse_6666 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Hi, just wondered if anybody had the poem/passage about the boy who couldn't paint until he'd been told how? many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_2293 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The_Little_Boy.doc Is this the one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Hi, just wondered if anybody had the poem/passage about the boy who couldn't paint until he'd been told how? Do you mean the one where he starts off keen to have a go at painting/drawing something but he teacher tells him to wait? And this goes on for several different creative activities until he gradually loses the will to be creative any more? And then when he finds a teacher who encourages children to think for themselves and be creative he is unable to? Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_64 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 There are various poems and stories in this thread. The one that Marion put in may be the one you are looking for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Also like this one... Why hands on? I tried to teach my child with books; He gave me only puzzled looks. I tried to teach my child with words; They passed him by often unheard. Despairingly, I turned aside; "how shall I teach this child," I cried? Into my hand he put the key, "come," he said, "play with me." Author unknown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_64 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Goodness, aren't we all quick today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_1195 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Inge that has actually made me want to cry. I'm going to print that off and put it on my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_3139 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I used the red flower, green stem as an activity on my micro teach, it actually made one member of the team really angry when I moved her leaves so they were in the 'right' place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Also like this one... Why hands on? I tried to teach my child with books; He gave me only puzzled looks. I tried to teach my child with words; They passed him by often unheard. Despairingly, I turned aside; "how shall I teach this child," I cried? Into my hand he put the key, "come," he said, "play with me." Author unknown I just love this poem: doesn't it just sum everything up? Maz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_8466 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I used the red flower, green stem as an activity on my micro teach, it actually made one member of the team really angry when I moved her leaves so they were in the 'right' place. I use this technique to good effect when teaching Level 2 students about creativity. I do choose my 'victim' with care though - they don't all appreciate me moving things because they are in the wrong place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 i'm going to use that poem for a family who are trying there best to turn their daughter off reading and writing before she has even got into the school gates!! i recently gave them the poem of red and orange horses another that makes you stop and think! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_9850 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 wow, these are powerful poems. i love them. cant wait 2 put them up in the cloak room, for all the parents that pull faces at their childs work. (u all know the ones) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 That's a new one on me Inge, love it. I hope the author is an early years practitioner. Peggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_6666 Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 Excellent! thank-you all. Indeed it was the 'poem' from marion that I had in mind... however the shorter version of the house etc may be better suited to the concentration span of the 'target' audiance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonyMouse_3735 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 That's a new one on me Inge, love it. I hope the author is an early years practitioner. Peggy really no idea.. came across in some training.. just says it all for me... having trained so many moons ago that we have gone full circle and now doing everything i originally trained for ...... and they say its all new.. ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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