Instructions in Action

A quote from Catherine:

Show your instructions in actions as much as you can.

As an elementary teacher, I learned that you have to present a new lesson using at least three different ways-oral, written, kinesthetically. Combinations of these three help a student to grasp the concept much quicker.

Catherine had the right idea-to demonstrate the instructions, not just tell the instructions. She also was looking a bit deeper in saying that you need to model the instructions. If you are instructing in virtue, then model it. If you are instructing how to help a sick person, model it. If you are instructing in the deeper realms of spirituality, then model it!

A good teacher leads by example(s)! I hope that I can take that to heart today and remember to be the model I wish to see. How about you? Do you just give out orders or instructions or do you model them and demonstrate with your own life how to carry them out?