[Xmca-l] Re: ...kind of like guarding Lenin's tomb

[Anthony Barra]

Thanks, Huw.

I have a six year old too. Why might a disinclination to be cast as a
weaker performer be problematic? I am interested but also think I might be
missing or misunderstanding something.

Thanks again,

Anthony



On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 5:48 PM Huw Lloyd <huw.softdesigns@gmail.com> wrote:

> There's an impressive account by Smirnova of a preschool class coming to
> voluntarily take control of their quietude via a game of "who woke teddy?"
> in JREEP 52/4.
>
> A challenge I have wth a near 6 year old is his emphasis upon wanting to
> win games and consequent shyness with activities that cast him as a weaker
> performer.
>
> Best,
> Huw
>
> On Thu, 28 May 2020 at 18:52, mike cole <mcole@ucsd.edu> wrote:
>
>> Great question (s), Anthony!
>>
>> Of the shiny top of my head I can identify another. This is from Vivian
>> Paley.
>> It explicitly answers the question of "is this a once and for all change,
>> or a bud that sprouted in just this one rare
>> circumstance."
>> Attached.
>> mike
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 9:53 AM Anthony Barra <anthonymbarra@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear educators of XMCA -
>>>
>>> I think I have a good question this time!  To avoid redundancy, I
>>> searched the archives for answers and found an interesting thread from ten
>>> years ago.  But I still want to ask this here:
>>>
>>> What kinds of "guarding Lenin's tomb" type activities have you thought
>>> of and/or used in order to support development?
>>>
>>> In this great little 2-minute clip, Mike Cole discusses Manuilenko's
>>> tomb-guarding experiment: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://tiny.cc/znnvpz__;!!Mih3wA!RQhi2-0OWj1fIsxBpWiqqe-wte1NRJYYuSMSDqjBriVD9-2ihsRmzv154rq7b80dsyitXQ$ 
>>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://tiny.cc/znnvpz__;!!Mih3wA!QnyDKMmlGuxChw2AzXV_HvcVQlE8oeBivNWuK6vHi8K43tjlH2D14vGQwFlSGpHZ8pMhQA$>
>>>
>>> One can't help but try to think up other types of games (e.g., the Quiet
>>> Game on long car rides) that can function as cultural tools when the
>>> biological alone aren't cutting it.
>>>
>>> On a side note, the short video brought a number of questions to mind
>>> for me, such as:
>>> - where are 'the buds'?
>>> - what are the qualitative reorganizations here?
>>> - why are the buds (e.g, of volition) not yet present for the 3
>>> year-olds, present for the 5 year-olds, and already flowered for the 8
>>> year-olds? (ages are approximate, I know)
>>> - how temporary is the 5 year-olds' improved volition? Does it wear off?
>>> It is now 'activated' for good?
>>> - for the 8 year-olds, is volition fully developed for tasks such as
>>> standing still but still in the 'bud' stage for more demanding acts of will?
>>>
>>> But those side questions are not the target of this post. Instead, my
>>> question of the day is (I think a fun one):  What kinds of "guarding
>>> Lenin's tomb" type activities have you thought of and/or used in order to
>>> support development?  (Any age or stage or setting will do)
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Anthony
>>>
>>>
>>
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>>
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