"Such projects that involve young children in investigating real phenomena offer them an opportunity to be the natural scientist or anthropologists they seem to be born to be"(The Hundred Languages of Children).
This week's contribution to the weekly blog comes from Ms Neelam our K1 teacher. Ms Neelam has been exploring aspects of the Reggio Emilia approach and incorporating this into her K1 class.
I had a very interesting and fun week in class and wanted to share some of the highlights.
We are tuning into our last unit of inquiry, "We share the planet with living things that grow and change"
Snails, rocks, flowers, plants and toys were arranged on the table to provoke their thinking and encourage informal discussions. The children were first debating whether the snails were seashells or snails. Furby the toy was considered living as it made sounds and moved. The plastic lady toy was considered living as she was holding a bag and going to work!
After a couple of days, the children were challenged: How can you tell if something is living or non-living?
The children went on a living and non-living hunt and decided:
- Bins are living because it is not a statue and it lives right there!
- Buildings non-living- but when the windows move it's living
- taps are alive when you turn it on
- people are living because mummy's and daddy's take them home
- mud is living because water has disappeared
- hand gel is living because inside its body has fruit
- Many more such examples. Fun times:)
Thanks, Ms Neelam for an insight into K1.
Mario Gauci
Head of Primary
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