Our habit this week is Be Open to Continuous Learning. Teaching our children to live each day with this perspective makes them more resilient and open to the freshness of life. I think that this is an area that adults need to practice more than children. Children seem to be much more open to new ideas and learning than adults.
Take an inventory of the amount of learning your child has accomplished this year. If you account for each intelligence: interpersonal, naturalist, kinesthetic, visual-spatial, logical-mathematical, linguistic, musical, and intrapersonal, you might just experience some wonder and awe. This growth is the result of constantly believing in the unique capacity of our children’s mind and encouraging them to learn something new everyday. Constantly remind your child that today is the first day of the rest of their life! Carpe Diem! As we wake to each new day, opportunities, challenges, and wonders await.
Knowledge is doubling every 18 months and by the year 2021 it will double every 13 hours. It is essential that our children learn how to sift through the nonsense knowledge and seek what is true and valuable. Being open to ideas and new knowledge is what has made our country the leader in innovation and invention. Take the time to ask your child that age old dinner table question, “What did you learn in school today?”. Help them to realize that everyday is a unique opportunity to grow into a better version of ourselves. Here are a few ideas to stretch this habit:
- Heart – make a new friend.Mind – watch a youtube video about children’s inventions – Top 10 Inventions by Kids.
- Body – practice writing or eating with your non-dominant hand.Soul – consider what you want your life to be like in 5 years.
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” – John Dewey
“There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.” – Louis L’Amour
“There is no finish line.” – Nike Corporation
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