“Children of the middle years do not do their learning unaffected by attendant feelings of interest, boredom, success, failure, chagrin, joy, humiliation, pleasure, distress and delight. They are whole children responding in a total way, and what they feel is a constant factor that can be constructive or destructive in any learning situation.” WayFeelsYearsChildrenWholeFeelingsJoyInterestPleasureSituationLearningMiddleConstantDelightFactorsBoredomDestructiveDistressHumiliationConstructiveRespondingSuccess FailureChagrin Author:Dorothy H Cohen
“In the middle years of childhood, it is more important to keep alive and glowing the interest in finding out and to support this interest with skills and techniques related to the process of finding out than to specify any particular piece of subject matter as inviolate.” YearsImportantMatterProcessInterestSupportLearningPiecesAliveChildhoodMiddleSubjectsParticularSkillsFindingsTechniqueRelatedGlowingSubject Matter Author:Dorothy H Cohen