I’m not aware of any official Fun Theory in the field of learning. But fun shimmers under the surface of motivation and focus like a very big fish. It doesn’t matter whether we call our homeschool style classical, unit study, Charlotte Mason, unschooling, Waldorf, eclectic or don’t bother naming what we do. The big fish called Fun can’t be ignored.
I lifted the term Fun Theory from a Volkswagen campaign. Their videos have spread across the Internet. One shows busy commuters choosing an escalator instead of a staircase. People are rarely motivated to do otherwise. But when the same stairs were transformed into a giant electronic piano sixty-six percent more people chose to hop, dance and run up those musical steps. Fun works. (It also sends the Volkswagen logo around the world in a great example of viral marketing).
It’s no surprise that pleasure is motivating…
Continue reading Fun Theory, by Laura Weldon, from the May-June issue of Home Education Magazine. Like what you’re reading here? Support the magazine that has supported homeschooling families since 1984! Subscribe to Home Education Magazine!
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