Last One ~

Children live in a world where there is just so much to learn. Can you believe how much children learn in the beginning of their lives? They learn how to walk, speak, feed themselves, and simple tasks that we take for granted everyday. Children are always curious about everything. Understanding simple contexts about things and explaining it to them through activities is important. Sometimes I try to explain things to children that I think is so easy, yet they do not understand what I am talking about. Also, sometimes when they are not able to see it happening, they cannot picture it.

One challenge that I know I faced when trying to explain something to a child was when I was trying to talk to children about lying. I did not know how to talk to them about it because they do not realize what they are doing. They know that lying is bad, but they do not realize the consequences of lying. How do you explain lying and discussing things about being honest? Why do you need to be honest? Children are taught to be honest yet people lie to each other all the time. So are we being hypocrites?

This semester has been an adventurous semester. This class has taught me many things about documentations and how to use them. Analyzing and viewing the different types of documentation and observation types has opened me to a wide range of opportunities to get to know my children better. I think what continues to challenge me is finding which form of documentation is the easiest and best way. It is always different with each child yet it has been fun trying the different techniques. 

Group Learning

What I enjoy most is listening to children discuss about things that they go through everyday. What really made me enjoy reading this weeks lesson was the curiosity that the children had. They all thought of cause and effect to the process that their letter goes through to get to America. They each discussed things that could make their letter arrive to their friends faster. Then they came up with ways to be able to communicate quicker with their friends in America.

Instead of giving children the answer to what they were discussing, the teacher gave them each a chance to have an idea about how their letter will get to their friends and what happens if it gets lost. This is an interest that teachers can use as a curriculum. Writing letters and mailing them. I think that it is important to base curriculum off of things that children are interested in, that way they will want to learn the material. This also makes things more fun for the children.

I enjoy listening to what children have to say about things. I often have discussions with the children about things. For example, I like to ask them about what they know about a certain topic. Many of them often use each others answers, but sometimes they will come up with their own things. That is how they learn; to think about it and to come up with their own answers and we help them understand it on their own.

In the reading, the teacher could've easily told them to email their friends or just call them on the phone. We hardly ever use the form of lettering writing. I think that we should teach children to write letters and to mail it to their friends, families, or even to themselves. I can imagine using this as a curriculum to teach children how we communicate with others.