everything i learned in life i learned in kindergarten

Never underestimate the importance of taking a break. Set house rules that allow for exploration, but also for accountability. Set learners up for success, not defeat or frustration.īoth literally and figuratively. Maintain a level playing field throughout your sessions. Discuss real-world scenarios and struggles. Use your platform as a facilitator to encourage a collaborative environment.

Thinking as a facilitator for the purposes of this post, here are 10 lessons we learned in Kindergarten, based on Fulghum’s book, that could make us more effective: How could we revolutionize our interactions with training participants, with organizational stakeholders, with clients or our own teams if we followed Fulghum’s advice? I flipped through the book, first in a general sense, but again as a learning professional. It reminds me of how unnecessarily complicated we tend to make things. While I recall looking at the poster, and even reading the simplistic statements…I was a teenager, desperately trying to be seen as a young adult, so any suggestion that I should revert to things I learned as a 5-year old didn’t interest me at the time.īut now, looking back at this idyllic book with a grown-up pair of eyes and perspective, I see how much truth lies in its simplicity. Do you remember the book, All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten? Recently, I came across a copy of Robert Fulghum’s inspirational collection of essays and remembered a high school teacher had a poster with excerpts from this book in her classroom.

Everything i learned in life i learned in kindergarten