Black Week marks the winding down of our color weeks and the
peak of our exploration of Fall. This
week's art activities included collage and paint & fold.
Our classroom moved outdoors once again as we took
a nature walk on our beautiful school grounds to collect leaves for gluing and
pressing.
Divertido con Espanol / Fun with Spanish
Rosalba
assisted the children as they painted "calabazas"!
Vocabalo de Semana en Espanol /
Words of the Week in Spanish
Negro -
Black
Como te
llamas? - What is your name?
Me llamo
____ -
My name is ____
Looking Deeper: Exploration and Learning through Play
This Week I would like to guide you through a deeper look at
Experiential Learning.
For the past month or more the children have been observing
the leaves on the trees outside our classroom windows. When our observations first began the weather
was warm and the leaves were green. We
discussed how the leaves would change color and then fall from the trees. I told the children; "When all the leaves on all the trees
have fallen to the ground, the weather
will be colder and winter will be on its way!" This week we noted that much of this has come
to pass, and much like picking "our apples", we ventured outdoors to
collect the leaves that we would use for gluing and pressing.
The children have observed first hand, and participated in
each phase of our Fall study. In so
doing they have assumed ownership of this learning; this is the essence of
Experiential Learning!
The children have also been given the opportunity and time
to study additional facets of Fall that were of interest to them such as:
Tree Bark
Mushrooms
and Moss!
The very intentional curriculum goal of the past four weeks
has been to have the children "experience" Fall though field trips,
nature walks, art, music, literature, science, math and cooking! Experiential
learning is what makes the difference between knowing about Fall and knowing
Fall!
Have a fun and restful weekend!
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