My daughter was on campus with me this morning. As she listened to this Old Town School of Folk Music record and leafed through some books I got her from our campus library, I read this post from Seth Godin titled “The Modern Curriculum.”
I spent the rest of the morning contemplating what it would look like to implement this kind of curriculum at home with my daughter.
This afternoon, we played catch with a toy football she received for her birthday. On one level, I was impressed with her catching and throwing ability. On another level, I had Godin’s post in the back of my mind because a game of catch is an example of an infinite rather than a finite game.
Finite games have winners and losers. They come to an obvious end.
Infinite games can go on forever. The point is not necessarily to win but to keep playing.
Catch, I told my daughter, was a great game because both of us could do it well. The point wasn’t to “win” the game. It was just to keep playing.
We talked about the day while we continued to play. I really enjoyed it, and she did too. I hope this is the first of many days of infinite games.
Learning Together 