Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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Monday, April 9, 2012
Week of April 9th Assignments
Pick one of the books you discussed last week. How would you enhance your use of this book by adding 2 or more music/dance/movement activities. Keep in mind the "creativity" aspect. If your book is about farms it is not creative singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm". Let your imagination run amok and let's hear some great ideas. Discuss your ideas with other students.
Read Chapter 5: "Engaging Children in Music,Movement, and Dance" Notes and terms.
Answer questions 3 and 4 on page 192. See below:
3. An administrator observes the children briefly during your lesson, then asks, "Why are they having
music during social studies?" How would you respond? Why?
4. If money were available through the budget, a donation, or a small grant, what music, movement,
and dance materials would you purchase for students at various ages and stages? Why?
Work on Portfolio once above assignments are done.
Read Chapter 5: "Engaging Children in Music,Movement, and Dance" Notes and terms.
Answer questions 3 and 4 on page 192. See below:
3. An administrator observes the children briefly during your lesson, then asks, "Why are they having
music during social studies?" How would you respond? Why?
4. If money were available through the budget, a donation, or a small grant, what music, movement,
and dance materials would you purchase for students at various ages and stages? Why?
Work on Portfolio once above assignments are done.
Monday, March 26, 2012
Week of 3/26 Assignments
Read handouts #1, #2, #3.
Activity - Art Lessons - On page 148 in our text there are some discussion questions. Take a look at the last question #5. Visit your local library, visit amazon.com, do a web search, raid your teacher's bookcases and your own and look at some of these volumes and others that you feel have wonderful illustrations, paintings,collages,etc. Pick three books and build a lesson plan (activity) around each.
VCCICC - Engaging a child in Conversation. Review Criteria for assessment, read the chapters in the Developmentally Appropriate Practice that apply to the age of the child you are going to work with during the assessment and complete write up. (see below)
Engaging a Child in Conversation:
1. Your informal assessment of the child's interest, temperament and strengths based on your
conversation.
2. Activities you can identify that will build on this child's interests.
3. How the age of the child and how your understanding of the cognitive and social development
of a typical child of this age influenced your strategy to engage the child in conversation.
4. How the environment that you were in supported or challenged your ability to engage in
conversation.
Activity - Art Lessons - On page 148 in our text there are some discussion questions. Take a look at the last question #5. Visit your local library, visit amazon.com, do a web search, raid your teacher's bookcases and your own and look at some of these volumes and others that you feel have wonderful illustrations, paintings,collages,etc. Pick three books and build a lesson plan (activity) around each.
VCCICC - Engaging a child in Conversation. Review Criteria for assessment, read the chapters in the Developmentally Appropriate Practice that apply to the age of the child you are going to work with during the assessment and complete write up. (see below)
Engaging a Child in Conversation:
1. Your informal assessment of the child's interest, temperament and strengths based on your
conversation.
2. Activities you can identify that will build on this child's interests.
3. How the age of the child and how your understanding of the cognitive and social development
of a typical child of this age influenced your strategy to engage the child in conversation.
4. How the environment that you were in supported or challenged your ability to engage in
conversation.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Integrating music into a school day
Explain how you would integrate music into your children's school day.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Research & Interview Assignment
Research Assignment
Gather 3 pieces of children's art, ask the children at least 3 open-ended questions about their art. Attach the questions and answers to the actual pieces of art or take a picture of the art and attach the
questions and answers to the pictures. Keep in mind that the art does not have to be all one dimensional.
Interview Assignment
Ask some parents/or other adults what they think about having art as a part of a school's curriculum.
Make sure you use open-ended questions. Tell us about their answers and then tell us how you would explain to parents how important visual arts are to learning.
** List questions you asked and their answers and then follow up with how you will educate parents on the importance of visual arts in learning.*
Gather 3 pieces of children's art, ask the children at least 3 open-ended questions about their art. Attach the questions and answers to the actual pieces of art or take a picture of the art and attach the
questions and answers to the pictures. Keep in mind that the art does not have to be all one dimensional.
Interview Assignment
Ask some parents/or other adults what they think about having art as a part of a school's curriculum.
Make sure you use open-ended questions. Tell us about their answers and then tell us how you would explain to parents how important visual arts are to learning.
** List questions you asked and their answers and then follow up with how you will educate parents on the importance of visual arts in learning.*
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Conference on Play - Questions
In 1992 Wheelock College held a conference on play. In their brochure they said this about play: "Play is history,poetry and prophecy (Erik Erikson). Play is communication, play is problem-solving, play is development, play is culture, play is transformation, play is integration, play is connections, play is representation, play is power".
What do you make of the previous statement?
What might you pull from these comments and integrate into your own philosophy of play and creativity?
What do you make of the previous statement?
What might you pull from these comments and integrate into your own philosophy of play and creativity?
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Play Based Activity
Re-read pages 64 - 67 in Chapter 2.
Now design some inquiry/play based activities to suit a theme. First determine what subject you are going to question. For example insects - What do we know about insects and what do we want to learn about insects. You will be planning activities that are on a subject for Pre-k and K, grades 1 and 2, and grades 3 and 4. You will need to have activities that are age appropraite with activities for all 3 groups. Some may be appropriate for more them one age group. Each age group should have 4 activies: Functional Play, Constructive Play, Games with Rules, and Symbolic Play. All activities could be tied to your theme (question).
Now design some inquiry/play based activities to suit a theme. First determine what subject you are going to question. For example insects - What do we know about insects and what do we want to learn about insects. You will be planning activities that are on a subject for Pre-k and K, grades 1 and 2, and grades 3 and 4. You will need to have activities that are age appropraite with activities for all 3 groups. Some may be appropriate for more them one age group. Each age group should have 4 activies: Functional Play, Constructive Play, Games with Rules, and Symbolic Play. All activities could be tied to your theme (question).
Fostering Creative Learning for Children Journal Question 2
Explain why the process of creating is more important than the product of the play or work of children.
Fostering Creative Learning for Children Journal Question 1
Sometimes children's creativity is mistaken for misbehavior. Characteristics such as low tolerance for boredom and excitement involved with novelty of design, music, or ideas; language rich in imagery, humor, symbolism, and persuasion; and high divergent thinking ability are associated with creative thinking. Unfortunately, these traits are also often considered unacceptable behavior in the classroom. Were you ever punished as a child for thinking "outside the box?" Have you seen this happen to children in schools? How do you plan to avoid squelching children's creativity when you are teaching?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Fostering Creative Learning for Children (Wk 1)
Please watch the following video as we did not have time in class and respond to the journal question posted for week 2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&index=2&feature=plpp_video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG9CE55wbtY&list=PL70DEC2B0568B5469&index=2&feature=plpp_video
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Fostering Creative Learning for Children (Wk 1)
Theorist Fact Sheet ~
Choose a theorist from below and prepare a fact sheet about them (1 page). This information should be prepared in a paper form along with a presentation for the class. Present research on Friday Feb 17.
Information to include ~
Name, Important Dates, Place of Birth, Family background, Education, Who he/she was influenced by, Publications, THEORY as it relates to CREATIVITY, bibliography can be on second page.
Theorists -
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
Benjamin Bloom
John Dewey
Howard Gardener
Jerome Bruner
Edward Debono
Carl Jung
B.F. Skinner
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Jean Piaget
Robert J. Sternberg
Rollo May
Carl Rogers
Alfred Adler
Mihalyi Csikzentmihalyi
Sir Kenneth Robinson
***CCV students need to email this paper to Linda as well as hand it in to me.***
Choose a theorist from below and prepare a fact sheet about them (1 page). This information should be prepared in a paper form along with a presentation for the class. Present research on Friday Feb 17.
Information to include ~
Name, Important Dates, Place of Birth, Family background, Education, Who he/she was influenced by, Publications, THEORY as it relates to CREATIVITY, bibliography can be on second page.
Theorists -
Albert Bandura
Lev Vygotsky
Benjamin Bloom
John Dewey
Howard Gardener
Jerome Bruner
Edward Debono
Carl Jung
B.F. Skinner
Joseph Chilton Pearce
Jean Piaget
Robert J. Sternberg
Rollo May
Carl Rogers
Alfred Adler
Mihalyi Csikzentmihalyi
Sir Kenneth Robinson
***CCV students need to email this paper to Linda as well as hand it in to me.***
Fostering Creative Learning for Children (Wk 1)
Please choose 2 quotes you like about creativity.
Write each quote up separately like a bumper sticker on large strips of paper. Make them flashy we are going to hang them on the wall.
***CCV students ~ you can use the same quotes for CCV post.***
Write each quote up separately like a bumper sticker on large strips of paper. Make them flashy we are going to hang them on the wall.
***CCV students ~ you can use the same quotes for CCV post.***
Fostering Creative Learning for Children (Wk 1)
Read Chapter 1 ~ Notes and Terms.
It is important that you learn the terminology that is used in this field.
Due by Friday 17, 2012
***CCV students - you also need to go on to Moodle and write an autobiography about yourself and end it with 2 quotes you like about creativity.***
It is important that you learn the terminology that is used in this field.
Due by Friday 17, 2012
***CCV students - you also need to go on to Moodle and write an autobiography about yourself and end it with 2 quotes you like about creativity.***
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