I have been teaching for a number of years and it still amazes me that I can offer the children as something as simple as a pumpkin and with absolutely no expectations watch math, art ,science and social skills emerge.
The trick is being open and willing and offering opportunities to expand and be willing to go with the flow. On Halloween I offered just that. A pumpkin. With no expectations. Felix and Seamus wanted to cook the seeds. Gael wanted to crave a jack-o-lantern. He didn't think it was fair that only the kids who were currently playing with the pumpkin pick a face so we survey the other children. I carved the Pumpkin and then we shared it with our neighbor that evening because she didn't have a Jack-O-Lantern. These moments are happening every day. Its import to take a look occasionally and realize that it might just look like playing but so much learning is happening. Vermont Early Learning Standards (VELS) including, but not limited to: Domain 1 (Approaches to Learning) Elements 1 and 2 (Play and Exploration and Initiative) Domain 4 (Language Development) Elements 1 - 4 (Speaking/Listening and Social Rules of Language) Domain 7 (Mathematics) Elements 3-4 (Measurement, Classification, and Data) Domain 8 (Science) Element 1 (Physical Sciences)
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