Lifetime educator, Dr. Mindy Shaw, maintained a philosophy in her classroom of 4 to 8 year olds to "teach humanity daily" in addition to the more traditional skill sets of reading, writing and math. Now, in an era of remote and hybrid learning, the notion of teaching humanity is somewhat threatened. She has created a series of e-books and paperbacks so that parents can have the tools they need for also teaching social and emotional skills, and in this series, Dr. Shaw discusses what it means to teach humanity both in general and in an era of learning via computer.
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Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Once again this week, Dr. Shaw has paused her conversation about her current parenting guide. She had been spending each podcast episode recently going through the Q & A section of her recent book for parents on effective communication with children, one question and answer at a time. But two things happened recently related to Dr. Shaw's work and she decided to share her reaction to those events as the subject matter on this podcast. One story that Dr. Shaw shares here is with regard to a recent meet-up that she had with a young child who has been reading her children's picture books for social and emotional learning. When the child met the real life "Min Min" from the books, he was enthralled. He asked about Olivia, the other "star" of the books series, and he wanted to meet her as well. It was a very gratifying moment for Dr. Shaw and she shares that story. She also discusses a negative review of her books that popped up on Amazon, a review where one of her simplest books was critiqued as "too advanced" for young children. Dr. Shaw discusses how this was an eye-opening experience, not because of any defensiveness on her part, but because it was a reminder that her ability to communicate with young children is so uncommon that it can be perceived as over the heads of youngsters when in fact, young children understand her words implicitly.
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