₿HS008: A Parenting Resource “The Learning Game”

SHOW TOPIC:

Want to develop anti-fragile kids?  In this episode Tali and Scott deep dive the parenting book “The Learning Game” by Ana Lorena Fábrega.  The author is a former school teacher inspired to share positive alternatives to our institutionalized systems.  

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:

• Context of things wrong with current school systems
• Prussian origins and the need for people who would comply as soldiers
• Current system 
• focuses on punishing failure and making it something to fear and avoid
• little time for free play
• Unintended incentives for test taking for administrators, teacher and students
• Overprotection environment creates risk-adverse people
• Disagreeing with the “myth of the learning style”
• Developing a love of learning
• Exposing kids to situation and problems they have to solve for themselves
• Gamification is NOT point-ification
• The precise video game formula of getting people to stay in the game
• Scott and Tali’s different takeaways from video games
• Failure is okay … if you don’t do well, you just try again
• Montessori teaching method lets the experience give children feedback
• Importance of having skin in the game – for parents and kids
• Developing kids who are anti-fragile
• Let kids experience moderate levels of stress
• Working with shy kids
• Learning social skills is critical growing up
• Being okay with rejection
• Dangers of the trend of people blaming others for microaggressions
• Character development is critical and needs to be deliberate
• Range of knowledge versus specific knowledge
• Knowing how to solve problems is more important than memorizing facts
• Thinking in bets 
• People have to be able to deal with ambiguity to be successful today
• Current system over-relies on standardized tests
• Memory palace as a life skill
• Memorize less but analyze more

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW:

• “The Learning Game: Teaching Kids to Think for Themselves, Embrace Challenge, and Love Learning” by Ana Lorena Fábrega amazon
• Montessori https://amshq.org
• “Awaken the Genius in Your Child “by Devi Shakuntala amazon
• “Rejection Proof: How I Beat Fear and Became Invincible Through 100 Days of Rejection” by amazon
• “The Book of Virtues” by Dr. Bill Bennett amazon
• Lee Corps https://leecorpsorg.wordpress.com/about/
• “Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts” by Annie Duke amazon
• “Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything” by Joshua Foer amazon

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STANDING RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS:

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• Tali’s “Quick Start” checklist  https://www.freemarketkids.com/blogs/i-want-to-start-homeschooling/i-want-to-start-homeschooling-quick-start-checklist

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