Why do girls do better in school than boys? Does it have to do with the way they are socialized?
What are little boys made of?
Slugs and snails
And puppy-dogs’ tails,
That’s what little boys are made of.
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice
And everything nice,
That’s what little girls are made of.
Do you remember this nursery rhyme?
Today, in our politically correct world it would most likely be thought to be sexist.
But guess what?
This post is the follow-up to yesterday’s: https://www.florencecallender.com/dreaming-about-children-learning-and-mothersteachers-teaching/
“Life is like a departure lounge. The place you end up depends on which ticket you bought.” ~ Dr. Dion T. Harrigan
When children are born, they each come with their own “equipment.”
Law enforcement officers turn to their fingerprint files when searching for a criminal. The doors to some high-tech offices are now opened by the eye-print of the person seeking access. Blind people identify the person addressing them by their voice-print. An approaching individual can be recognized by his gait. The identity of a dead person may be ascertained by his dentition.
“When you have the privilege of changing someone’s brain, you not only change his or her life, you have the opportunity to change generations to come.” ~ Dr. Daniel Amen
“No! You can’t have her. She is mine,” I screamed, and grabbed on to my daughter’s ankles. With super-human strength, I pulled her down into my arms…away from the woman who had snatched her.
With a baleful glance, the evil-looking woman slinked away.
A few years ago, I went to visit my friend during my vacation time. When I walked into her home, I straightened up immediately. Everything was in order.
You know the stuff your parents tell you as a child like, “A place for everything, and everything in its place?” She followed that principle.
I peeked into her closet. The clothing hangers were all white. And not only were her clothes sorted by category, but also by color.
At the parent teacher conference, Kenny’s teacher told his mom that he should read for at least 20 minutes every day. All children love stories but some children hate books. Kenny hated reading books. What should his mom do in that situation?
Many children who learn differently, have trouble reading flat symbols on a page.
Good listeners are good learners. Conversely, a struggling listener is a struggling learner. Why? Because Listening is:
In life, of all the language skills – listening, speaking, reading and writing – listening is used more than the other three added together. Children (and adults) can learn a lot through listening. Regrettably, this is not an instinctive skill. Listening must be taught and developed.
Driving home, last week, I noticed some activity on an empty plot of land. There was a tractor digging a deep hole. Nearby, I saw a stack of concrete blocks. A house was going to be built on the property. Preparation was being made. The first step was laying the foundation…a solid foundation.
The National Center for Educational Statistics tells us that boys are 30% more likely to fail or drop out of school.
Now get this – according to education achievement data, there are more “boy geniuses” than “girl geniuses.”
They also outnumber girls in the top 1% of the IQ scale.
Why then are so many boys struggling or failing in school?
According to Ryan D’Agostino of Esquire.com, if you have a son, there’s a one in seven chance that he has been or will be diagnosed with ADHD…a psychiatric condition. By high school nearly 20% of all boys (6.4 million) will have been diagnosed with ADHD.
Meet Stephen Tonti, a successful businessman who grew up with the “disorder.”
As Stephen gave his story in the video above, he brought out some key points:
Theories about learning styles abound, and can become confusing. However, the newest discoveries in brain research have made things simpler by looking at thinking and learning from the perspective of the different functions of the two hemispheres of the brain.
Neuroscientists have described the left hemisphere of the brain as auditory-sequential. Left-brain functions include language, reading, writing, science, mathematics, logic, analysis, and time-orientation. Left-brain thinkers and learners appear rational, objective and reality-based.