Janey taught Ellie how to draw stick figures this week, and Ellie promptly made dozens of family portraits. It impresses me that she not only has the right number of people in our family, but she proportionally represents their heights. I love to see her little brain at work!Friday, September 12, 2008
My Family by Ellie age 3
Janey taught Ellie how to draw stick figures this week, and Ellie promptly made dozens of family portraits. It impresses me that she not only has the right number of people in our family, but she proportionally represents their heights. I love to see her little brain at work!
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Dear Ellie,
Please draw a picture of me. I would love to look so thin. Love Grandma N
Yes, it is amazing how quickly and intuitively categories form in our minds without us realizing it. You could almost conclude that most of what we learn is learned at this implicit (non-verbal, non-explicit) level before we become aware of it as explicit knowledge. From this we could conclude that human learning depends a great deal on observing models and imitating them. A cautionary note to all of us as adults.
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