BY RENÉE MARTIN
PHOTOS PROVIDED BY ATTALLAKA HARRIS WILLIAMS
Hometown Living At Its Best 13
How do we
create hunger
for learning in
our children?
It’s a valid question.
But the more critical
question may actually
be: How do we
maintain hunger for
learning?
Children are born with an innate sense of curiosity.
They are all scientists by instinct. Children naturally
want to discover and experience the world around
them from the moment they enter the world. But
between those early years of exploration and middle school
adolescence, learning often becomes something to endure
rather than to enjoy, and simple childlike fascination is
replaced by what must be learned to pass a test. Attallaka
Harris-Williams believes that the key to restoring a child’s
hunger for learning is through STEM.