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August 04, 2006
It's a Snap!
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Here's a short example... ---- A couple of weeks ago my oldest daughter asked, "Dad, how do you snap your fingers?" So I showed her which fingers to place where, and how to press in order to make the snapping motion. She tried in vain to snap, but nothing resembling snapping of fingers happened just then. Now just two days ago, I noticed that she was busy doing something, and while she was waiting for that to happen she was just sitting there snapping her fingers. As if this was an age-old habit that she always performed when idle. It took a bit of thinking for me to remember when she originally asked me how it was done, and when I realised it was about two weeks I thought that was pretty impressive. Sure, it's only finger snapping, but it was just the pure ease of snapping she showed that was impressing me at that moment. Do kids really learn that much faster than adults? Or do they just have so much more free time to dedicate to practicing new tasks? Posted by Hammer at August 4, 2006 12:21 PM |
If we pay attention, some times we see that kids are amazing in subtle ways. One day they're asking how something is done, and the next time you look over they're putting their new-found knowledge to use.If you enjoyed this article, you may want to read more in the Current Thoughts category.