delight-directed learning...

Not my phrase, I read it in a book this week. When a child decides he wants to learn something and is allowed to pursue it, vice telling him he is not old enough, or it is too hard or even requiring him to learn something, the inborn love of learning is preserved. Chas decided he wanted to learn cursive writing. We showed him a few things, and he asked for more, and more, and this is what he came up with two days later...