Comments on: Starting with a question http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/01/starting-with-a-question/ One Mother's Homeschool Education Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:36:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Devin http://smrtlernins.com/2009/11/01/starting-with-a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Devin Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:36:20 +0000 http://smrtlernins.com/?p=297#comment-327 This is a very good lesson. When I was growing up my mom bought me one of those huge encyclopedia/dictionary sets, and whenever I came to her with a question on how to spell something or what something was she first encouraged me to look it up. God I hated her for that back then, but looking back I see that she was teaching me a valuable lesson (plus she knew that once I started looking something up I inevitably started reading about other subjects). I plan on doing the same thing with my kids when they are older. I also like teaching them about rephrasing and/or expanding their questioning. This is a very good lesson. When I was growing up my mom bought me one of those huge encyclopedia/dictionary sets, and whenever I came to her with a question on how to spell something or what something was she first encouraged me to look it up. God I hated her for that back then, but looking back I see that she was teaching me a valuable lesson (plus she knew that once I started looking something up I inevitably started reading about other subjects). I plan on doing the same thing with my kids when they are older.

I also like teaching them about rephrasing and/or expanding their questioning.

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