Who was the first president of the United States? George Washington. Now let me ask you another question: how do you tie your shoelaces? Don’t show me, just tell me. You can’t tell me, can you? Your response to my question is likely to be, “I don’t know, I just do it!”
Think about it. A lot of “lessons” you learned during the early years of your life have a physical rather than intellectual base. And while it is obvious that infants and toddlers are not mental creatures and are learning largely through sensory and motor experiences, the fact that preschoolers also need to have their education physically based is not so readily recognized. Continue reading
