"Children must be taught how to think, not what to think."-Margaret Mead
I adore this quote because I think society forgets this. We get caught up in testing and assessing, that children are just taught what to think and what to know. The true way that children learn is by finding out the information for themselves, through play and other hands on experiences. Play in early childhood is a topic I will save for another day because I could go on forever about it. But we need to take a step back and guide children in their thinking especially in this society. By teaching children how to think, we are giving them higher order thinking skills that will lead to huge future successes!
This quote is very deep and love it. I think a lot of the issues we face today is because of how people were told to think. I think children would be such amazing problem solvers if they were allowed to think for themselves.
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