Podcast with Katie Trowbridge- Curiosity 2 Create

1 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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In this podcast excerpt, the speaker emphasizes that effective parenting and teaching hinge on continuous, specific inquiry and active involvement in a child's learning. They advocate for parents to ask detailed questions about school activities (e.g., "What did you learn in English today?"), to read the same books their children are assigned (such as The Great Gatsby) to bridge the home‑school gap, and to tap into the child's personal interests—like Pokémon or a desire to learn guitar—to provide tailored learning opportunities. The overarching message is that curiosity-driven, hands‑on engagement fosters deeper learning and stronger parent‑child connections.

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And I think the best thing that we can do as parents and as teachers is continually ask questions and don't settle for everything's fine. What'd you do at school today? Nothing. Like, be very specific. What did you learn in English today, if anything? What, you know, what did Tina say in your conversation? Like, really being involved and I also tell my parents that they should read what their students are reading. So if they're in class and they know they have to read The Great Gatsby, for instance, which is an American classic, read it with them. And so then even at that point you'd be like, well, what? I was reading that. Did you read that for school? What did your teacher say about this? And 'cause I really don't understand. And that is just, again, bridging that gap. What are you curious about? You really wanna learn how to play guitar? Awesome. Let's find you a teacher. Let's— what'd you learn? As much as we can insert ourselves. My son loved Pokémon.