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Originally Posted by FrankRN
I know it is frustrating as hell because we all want our kids to have the best project, or the correct answers, or to understand what is going on. But it is a mistake to "sweat" those aspects of the assignment.
I think your teacher was correct to just let your young one have at it and have fun. I found that the less I helped my kids at that stage, the better they performed on the next project.
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i should definitely just let this go, but i'm not.
i don't think you were actually getting the point of my original post. i truly, honestly, sincerely couldn't care less if her project is the best. i don't even think there are awards. the only thing i was sweating was the fact that the entire experiment hinged on chalk drying, and it was not drying. if the chalk did not dry out enough to weigh it to figure out the amount it dissolved, the whole thing was shot to hell. i was fully prepared to let her take deductions on not bringing in the results today, but it was dry enough this morning, so it didn't come to that.
the teacher actually has shown nooooooooooooooooooo desire to let my young one have at it and have fun. the teacher instructed her to change her experiment into one she didn't care about. i'm not anti-teacher.. my parents were both teachers and i have taught in the past as well. her teacher's fine...
but *I* am the one that encourages her scientific play exploration.. it's nothing she gets at school. i'm the one that helps her figure out what ingredients might make her lotion more moisturizing.. i'm the one who helps her bake cakes and explains that without eggs and baking soda or powder it won't rise.. i'm the one who lets her tromp thru the house covered in mud because she was watching snails in the backyard and wants to know what they eat.
so, yah... i
shouldn't let it bother me in the least that my post was misunderstood, but when i do everything in my power to let my kids just BE and learn at their own pace and according to their own interests, it does get under my skin a wee bit