Blank Book Project (Day 14)

The theme of our page today is POINTS OF VIEW.
My Mom and I came out with a way to explain Natalie how important is to pay attention to other people's points of view. We told her that every person's point of view is like a little hole on the wall of a huge house. The house is the world and what's inside the house is life. We all see life differently because everyone looks at it from a different perspective (hole). Every hole is located in a different place so it is impossible for all of us to see what's inside the house in the same way. The point of this conversation was to teach Natalie that in order to have a better understanding of life we should learn about what other people can teach us from what they "see" from their own "holes" or points of view.

As you can imagine this idea is pretty sophisticated for Natalie to understand right now but I am sure that she will appreciate it in the future. So the part that we enjoyed the most about this experience was that after we explained Natalie everything and showed her the little paper house with the holes she said: Oh, I think that what you mean is that the world is like a cheese house and the people are all little mice looking through the holes...is that it? And of course we said: ABSOLUTELY Natalie, you got it! So she inmediately started drawing the little cheese house with mice to illustrate her own idea.

Isn't that wonderful!? Through Natalie's drawing my Mom and I learned that indeed we all see things in a very unique way from our personal points of view and we just loved getting to see Natalie's personal vision of our lesson based on her tender and innocent world.

We are going to miss these kinds of experiences sooo much!
We invite you to come back tomorrow to see our last page and to say good-bye to our little Blank Book project!!!!

Elsita, Margot and Natalie :) :) :)

Comments

[alyssa]

I think she totally got it! What a wonderful perspective and interpretation of a very complicated idea:)

I love her drawing and of course your "house!"

I'll be a little sad to see your "blank book project" end

Take care.

[Margaret Oomen]

that was genius the house with holes, the explanation and of course natalie's interpretation. Yesterday I don't know why I thought that was your last post so I am very happy I was wrong. Also yesterday I called you the three musketeers maybe I should change that to the three mouseketeers . Any cheese on the menu for dinner tonight?

[Marianne Wille]

I love it!

The little mouse, Marianne

[johnefrench]

I think this is great - it's also a beautiful object, and I felt intrigued enough to write a note.

I wonder how or if it could be used to explain the problem of evil or basic issues of justice. Can it be said that the men who write American Foreign Policy just have a different point of view, which is just as valid as anyone else's?

My 4 year old boy asks me why people are "baddies", I told him I don't really know. My Mum's German (b.1924) and as a child she always told me that not all Nazis were bad - today I still try to grapple with this concept.

I wonder if this can be used to as a tool for more complex ideas that face the future generation - ie: climate change - clearly people from rich countries whose impact is many times worse than citizens of poor countries, don't simply have a different point of view.

[kirsten]

what a terrific story.
and i love the little house and natalie's drawing.
sweet.

[Cami]

Wow! very didactic explanation!!! And what to say about Natalie's interpretation!! She's one smart cookie!!!

[colorlili]

me encanta vuestra libreta !!!
No me perdi ninguna pagina.
Esa pagina muestra una muy linda ilustracion sobre el tema de los puntos de vista.
Si tuviera una niña me encantaria enseñarle todas esas cosas!

Bravo Elsita, Nathalie and Margot !

[Shaels]

love. the house, the cheese, the mice, the holes, the perception.

[natasha]

what a wonderful idea. the drawing is so cute, too. it says a lot about a little girl that can grasp such a big idea, about such a big world. my niece is a very thoughtful 5 year old. it amazes me to see someone so young that is able to be so generous.