Education
The Natural Path to Learning for Your Child - An Introduction by Peter Pierro
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Learning, rather than Teaching, is the process. Learning is as natural as breathing. We learn from the environment around us and from the people who exist with us. We can't keep our kids from learning. So what are we as parents to do with our kids? We take advantage of all of those real life learning opportunities and channel them into the things we call reading, writing, arithmetic, science, history, and whatever else exists -- from birth (and before). The child learns and we support and guide.
The Ultimate Goal is for each of our children to become an independent learner. This is kind of scary for some of us parents but it is the necessary goal. We are to give our kids Roots and Wings -- and eventually, the Wings must take over.
The Natural Path to Learning is based on the idea that each of us learns in our own unique way, at our own special pace. One Size Does Not Fit All Children. Many school and home school programs are set out in a sequential, rigid pattern and the child must learn in that pattern and at the rate required to be on grade level or to not "get behind." NPL requires that the program be fitted to the child not the child fitted to the program. Our child will be learning the skills and information at his own pace and in his own best learning pattern.
Your child, and not the program, is at the center of the learning process. Fortunately, and very happily, we have real experiences to share with you. Two years ago we were presented a gift in the form of our great grandson, Reese.