Accidental Teaching: A new way to think about 'Teaching Moments'
Writer Cindy Terebush highlights the power of teaching by example.
When I was preparing a presentation about being an intentional teacher, my husband said, “As opposed to accidentally teaching? Are people accidentally teaching?” and laughed. Yes, actually. In fact, we accidentally teach far more often than intentionally. Everything we do and say is a lesson for children. They watch and listen. It is from those moments when we are being observed that children learn so much about priorities, interpersonal relationships, coping, self-control, reacting to events and even their own self-worth. There is a reason why “the apple never falls far from the tree.” Children figure out how to walk through this world based upon their observations. Have you considered what your children learn from these accidental teaching moments?
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