Monday, October 21, 2013

Practising What I Teach

My children are my entire world, & I know that every child in my classroom is someone else's entire world. That's why I educate your children the same way I educate my own. 

My children, similar to your own, learn by investigating their interests and constructing their own knowledge. They test their ideas about areas of interest and demonstrate their understanding through various "languages," or mediums: markers, paint, chalk, charcoal, clay, wire, blocks, cans, wood, cork, rocks, fabric, yarn, buttons, beads, photographs, collage, sand, water, etc..  Their demonstration of their understanding often leads to further understanding, and inspires new ideas to investigate. 

I will often include examples of my own children's learning to demonstrate how my teaching  - whether my children or yours - is often one and the same. 

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