Submitted by Rachel (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 16:20.
Like Kimberly, I recently read how “experience shapes the brain” (Wolfe, 2003). This reminded me about a full-day kindergarten classroom that I am a guest teacher in frequently. This teacher has incorporated a free choice activity into her daily classroom schedule. It is amazing to see the mimicry and social/cognitive learning that takes place when students are playing in the house, art center, book den, computer center, etc. The students have the opportunity to choose what activity they participate in and, to some extent, the peers whom which they interact. From the house activity alone, I have seen the learning that takes place among the students. I have also seen the many things they have brought to the classroom from their observations outside of school.
Wolfe, P. (2003, Fall). Brain research and education: Fad or foundation? Retrieved March 17, 2008, from http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/fall03/brain.html
Classroom Experiences
Submitted by Rachel (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 16:20.
Like Kimberly, I recently read how “experience shapes the brain” (Wolfe, 2003). This reminded me about a full-day kindergarten classroom that I am a guest teacher in frequently. This teacher has incorporated a free choice activity into her daily classroom schedule. It is amazing to see the mimicry and social/cognitive learning that takes place when students are playing in the house, art center, book den, computer center, etc. The students have the opportunity to choose what activity they participate in and, to some extent, the peers whom which they interact. From the house activity alone, I have seen the learning that takes place among the students. I have also seen the many things they have brought to the classroom from their observations outside of school.
Wolfe, P. (2003, Fall). Brain research and education: Fad or foundation? Retrieved March 17, 2008, from http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/fall03/brain.html