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My grandsons are a constant amazement to me and the best teachers I’ve ever had.  Whenever I attend an educational conference or stumble on an insightful blog entry about learning I end up in conversation with them about it.  After all they are the blank slates that we as educators are looking to build upon.   They are students of tomorrow, the digital learners and other terms being thrown around in ed publishing these days, so I feel lucky to have this opportunity to learn from them.  The photo seen here is from the water park in Asbury Park;  they were very interested in the inner workings of the system – how the huge teacup was timed to dump onto the crowd,  how the water pumped into the various gadgets.

I’d like to begin a series of blog entries about my learning experiences, so here’s entry #1.

What Patrick and Jack taught me this week:
(oh, by the way, they have a little brother who is 2, we’ll bring him into the mix soon)

1.  Don’t be afraid to keep going onto the next level when learning something new, even if it is labeled outside of your age group or ability level.

2.  Ask alot of questions – some examples from this week were  – why aren’t cars made of wood?  why do clouds disappear?