Sunday, October 5, 2014

Curiosity

Not only when I'm doing my observations, but almost every single time that I have something in my hand I notice that Olivia wants to see it. If there is something in a room that catches her attention she will grab it fast and run as fast as she can out of the room. If you are eating something she will want some and if you are leaving the house she wants to go too. She wants to see everything she can, she wants to know like you know, she wants to do what you do. She will  grab something shes not supposed to, she will drop something and break it and drive my mom a bit crazier. Grandma will tell her not to do that and Olivia will cry. But Olivia can't help it she is just too curious. Considering that she doesn't cry for more than like 2 minutes it seems as if the scoldings are worth it for her. She learns that she's not suppose to do certain things through a trial and error type way. Often times she has errors, but in the future she will know not to break anymore of Grandmas dishes or to touch something that will burn her.

 As I write down observations in my notebook, Olivia notices and sticks her hands out for me to hand it to her. I feel like this would be good for my blog, so I give her pen and let her write in it. Scribbles was all I got.
Her scribbles had me thinking, what if I gave her my notebook every time she asked for it? Just like if you gave someone the same task over and over again they would get better at that task. So, would Olivia get better at her scribbles? Will she draw me beautiful pictures or write me beautiful poems? There is a chance that Olivia's curiosity will draw her to something that she will love and never want to let go or give back. She will want it forever and find happiness through whatever it is. If we as people weren't curious about the world around us would we ever know what our passions or hobbies are? I feel like we should all go out into what we don't know or try something we never have. Who knows we might just love it, but we must be a bit curious.

1 comment:

  1. Sadly, as we grow older, we lose that honest, spontaneous curiosity. I wonder if we get scared of what we might discover. Have you considered giving her a notebook for her own field-notes?

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