If you have ever sung the song “Dem Bones,” you will know the toe bone is connected to the foot bone. And even if you haven’t, the chances are you have a fair idea that the knee bone is connected to the thigh bone. Singing songs is a great way to connect us to information, but it’s clearly not the only way we learn.
Perhaps the first thing we need to do when we teach is to figure out what information we are already connected to.
What do we know about the current situation we are in?
After all, we can’t forget that the knee bone is also connected to the leg bone.