Seemed Like A Small Lesson...

Yessa has been using MathSeeds for the last couple days, and having a great time. It has enough cuteness and funny videos to appeal to her, plus a little of the “earn a certificate” piece, which I can live with.

She was working on a particularly difficult task involving the sorting of mail into the correct day’s bin, and it was giving her a great deal of trouble. She was getting very frustrated, and wanted me to complete the task for her.

I almost did, because it didn’t seem like that big a deal, but just lately there have been a spate of blog posts about our nation’s children not learning to handle challenges, helicopter parents, etc. So, instead I sat with her while she worked on it, talked with her about why I wouldn’t do the task for her, offered her options on strategies.

She continued to be frustrated and a little ticked at me that I wouldn’t do it, but the joy and excitement when she conquered the obstacle completely under her own ability. Well worth it.

Great lesson there for both of us.