Outdoors, there were many kids in the sand area, some in the playground and all of the tricycles were being used, it's the fist time I don't see any children sitting down, they were all engaged in some kind of play. When it was time to go inside, some of the children didn't have enough time to put their shoes on ans so they took them inside in their hands. By the door there was a small pile of sand, a little boy noticed the sand and grabbed a magnifier glass, he said "This is dirty sand, where did it come from?" He began to follow the trail of sand until he got to a pair of shoes that belonged to his friend, he said "This is where the sand camed from." Soon, one of the staff cleaned it up.
The developmental skills this child demonstrated were; fine motor skills, memory, cognitive thought, creative role, science.
If I were the teacher, the following day I would have a scavenger hunt. I would put some pictures on a sheet of paper instead of writing out what I want them to find since they can't read yet. I would pair up the children and have them look for the object letting them use a magnifier glass telling them they will be detectives for the day and they need to help me find all of the objects.
I found this blog to be funny because it seemed like the child who got the magnifying glass was like the story of the little detective. He experimented with the magnifying glass, had a question and then came to a conclusion as if he was a scientist.
ReplyDeleteYes, exactly like Dwan said, the little boy answer his own question. I like how the next day you would include all the children on scavenger hunt. What a great idea to have the children use there sense of sight, memory and cooperate play with another child (teamwork).
ReplyDeleteI know sometimes I go and observe and the children are relaxed and doing more sitting activities. I think what happens also that many parents do not let their children go outside when it is cold and also because it gets dark earlier. I think it is also funny how sometimes we have a hard time doing a science lesson plan but in your observation the child found a science activity by himself.
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