Comments on: 6 Reasons Parents in Finland are Getting it Right and How We Can Too https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/reasons-parents-in-finland-are-getting-it-right-and-how-we-can-too/ educating children with hands on activities Tue, 13 Dec 2016 18:28:59 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.10 By: Dawn https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/reasons-parents-in-finland-are-getting-it-right-and-how-we-can-too/#comment-284561 https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/?p=10277#comment-284561 Thanks for writing! I love reading about ways we can learn from other cultures. 🙂

]]> By: Kimberly https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/reasons-parents-in-finland-are-getting-it-right-and-how-we-can-too/#comment-283979 https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/?p=10277#comment-283979 In reply to Charlene.

SOUNDS WONDERFUL. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: Charlene https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/reasons-parents-in-finland-are-getting-it-right-and-how-we-can-too/#comment-283977 https://www.naturalbeachliving.com/?p=10277#comment-283977 My mother is finnish. Born in Finland. I now have my own boys with real finnish names. I began homeschooling my oldest son who is about to turn 7. He was half way through grade 1 when I pulled him out. I knew that this school system (in Canada) isn’t working. I don’t know if it’s an instinct in me being finnish, but I always felt that 5 was to soon to begin school. In my sons case I found he wasn’t emotionally ready. But I put him into school anyway because that’s what you do. He came home frustrated, crying. He was not getting it. I was looking at his school work and thought to myself, “this is what you are doing?” Isn’t this grade 1 school work? you’re only 5?”
He loves learning. He’s into mechanics, knowing how things work. So I pulled him out and took a step back with his education. He’s about to turn 7 and he’s starting to get the reading thing. The mathematics. I’m not pushing him. But this is when I shook off that institutional habit out of my system and said to him. We are just going to learn how to read for now. The rest of the day you’re going to play, build, watch your documenteries, visit farms, play outside, help me around the house and that’s it. When we do reading/printing we do 20 minutes on, 20 minutes off for about 2 hours. This was just my instinct. I found an australian reading program that uses play and games to teach (READING EGGS) and it works for him.
My husband isn’t sure about my approach, he wonders if our son isn’t in check with other kids when it comes to reading etc…. (My husband went to school in Germany) I’m not. My son is beginning to see the value in knowing how to read. His interest in it is coming. In our 2 hours of one on one a day(2 days a week) with brain breaks in the mix, he’s picking it up. When he gets that down then we can move on.
Is it finnish instinct to teach this way? I don’t know. But there teaching model, to me and for my kids…makes so much sense. I’m gonna keep at it!

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