One of my favorite moments each day is being able to start each morning by visiting the classrooms and observing all the great learning that is taking place.
During this week of December, as we get ready to continue and celebrate so many holidays, great teachers at ABC Preschool, like Ms. Ella, have taken the time to plan sharing some great stories with their students. I found Ms. Ella sharing some fun hands on activities that students will enjoy after their story time.
Ms. Ella really prepares the atmosphere for thinking and learning. Her questions not only allow students to think outside of the box or the regular "yes" or "no" answers, but she inspires them to be unique in their answers.
As she shared how she made her gingerbread girl, she invited students to share how they were going to create their own gingerbread boy or girl.
Students connected with Ms. Ella by adding that they also wanted to add glasses to their creations because Ms. Ella's was going to have glasses. One student said it looked yummy like a real cookie.
Student responses were taken further, allowing them to think of more creative ways to plan for their project after the story. Students went from being artistic according to the story and Ms. Ella's model, to thinking mathematically with patterns and shapes, comparing shapes and sizes.
If you ask me what learning looks like in a UPK classroom, this is exactly what it looks like. If your child is in Ms. Ella's classroom, you'll see what your child created this week. Perhaps you can expand on today's lesson by asking your child to share with you all about the story, the different events in the life of the Gingerbread boy, or to tell you what steps they took to create their own gingerbread child.
You may even want to check out more "Gingerbread boy" stories at the library this week. There's great joy in books!
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Blog Written by Angeline M Duran
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