Of course we do! But we plan in the spirit of knowing our kids, of welcoming them as they are. It’s a recipe for anxiety and fear, and fear is what drives us to control our children rather than work with them.
Because there’s no way to see that far into the future. The flip side to that is if I insist on knowing all of the small steps to get to that BIG goal, that’s overwhelming too. BIG goal, yeah? Feels overwhelming and scary, right? It feels that way to me if I don’t have some small, manageable steps to get there. We have this big picture goal of our kids turning into competent writers. Or at least save your wackadoodle Type A tendencies for something harmless, like your spice cabinet.īut let’s examine that through the lens of teaching your kids writing. So how do you honor this trait and still embrace a Brave Writer approach to homeschooling? Well, try not to be wacky about it. (The Brave Learner page 1) It’s totally fine if we like a plan before diving in. If we’re to “welcome our children as they are,” we’d best welcome ourselves as we are too. It’s a springboard into my own imagination, and then I can brainstorm a list (squee!) of how I could tailor it for my kids.Įmbracing my Type A side means acknowledging this core trait of wanting some form of a plan before I dive in isn’t changing. I see this person’s vision of the BIG IDEA and that helps me envision how that BIG IDEA could look in practice. Seeing a lesson plan, someone else’s idea of X in action, acts as a frame of reference for my own thinking. All the thrills!Īs someone who blooms best with some structure rather than a lot of open-endedness, guidelines help me wrap my head around a big idea and nudge me in a direction.
When I created my final lesson plan section for Help for High School. So I reject that Type A definition and substitute my own.įor me, Type A is about using my organizing skills in a way that supports rather than dictates my kids’ learning. Who wants to be associated with those characteristics? No one. There are a lot of negative associations with being Type A: perfectionism, impatience, uptight, controlling, and always stressed. Obviously I’m Type A, but I’m not a wackadoodle about it. But then my desk almost always looks like this mess, or this one, or this. The horror! I literally check off my Couch to 5K plan. I hate spiral notebooks because there’s no way to rearrange and organize your notes.
Sometimes I go all “Sleeping with the Enemy” with it. But the gist of the Brave Writer complaint, as I understand it, is that it lacks the structure some people need. What I have memorized is the slope intercept formula, and I’m still waiting for that brain effort to pay off in my life. Truth be told, I haven’t memorized the exact reasons people give for this. Sometimes I hear people say Brave Writer is too Type B for them.
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