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Schools are killing curiosity 

1 “Curious children call out and point, but the teacher draws their attention back” i remember this always happening growing up we’d see snow look out and get our attention pulled back why not led the curiosity fly and entertain it for a little bit maybe we’d learn a fact or two about the snow while we’re at it. I swear I’d be the best teacher and let all my students’ curiosity fly. 

2 “The number of questions a toddler can ask can seem infinite – it is one of the critical methods humans adopt to learn”. I will admit I thought it was so annoying when little kids would ask so many questions but now when I sit on the train I watch parents answer their questions and read them books and I changed my opinion on how I view child development questions are the key to learning and growing.

3 “When teachers teach young children not to ask questions, it is not surprising that high-performing students studied by American researchers in 2013 were found to be less curious” I didn’t really think about it like that till i saw this article but maybe as we grew older out curiosity decreased tremendously to where we are cricuts now in classrooms that definitely explains why my college classes are so quiet we lost our curiosity!

4 “Last September the nursery took the radical step of permanently removing most of its toys for two-year-olds and replacing them with a range of cardboard boxes, tin cans, pots and pans, old phones, kettles, computers and plumbing supplies – anything with creative possibilities” I absolutely love this exercise because children growing up are so blinded by tv shows phones anything on a screen and forget about real things like spaceships and ballerinas this exercise definitely helps open up their curiosity.