As we are carrying out the HO HO HO, it’s Christmas Time! project, we have also been talking about the true meaning of Christmas. Next week we will be carrying out activities related to the nativity story and I thought that it would be helpful if the children are exposed to the story of Baby Jesus from beforehand so that they would be familiar to what we are doing in class. In this blog post, I have uploaded a video of the nativity story which you can enjoy watching with the little ones!
Category: Videos
Farm songs to sing along!
During these past two weeks we have been singing various songs related to the Little Farmers project. Most of the children have learnt the lyrics to these songs and enjoy singing them during our morning circle time.
In this blog post, I am attaching links to two farm songs which the children love and which they enjoying singing. Feel free to go into these links and be directed to a safe mode view of these songs which the children can play over and over again without a worry!
Farm Field Trip Video
Generated from the children’s interests, the Little Farmers project exposed the children to a whole new world. The little ones discovered different aspects of farm and farming which they had never heard about before.
The children are enjoying this project a lot and they have showed genuine interest to the activities we are carrying out together. Despite this great interest, the majority of the children have never been on a farm and so I have uploaded this educational video that you as parents can watch with the children at home.
This video will give the children a farm field trip and what to expect when one goes on a farm. It is very educational, especially for the ones who have never seen a farm before and does not know how it looks like. From this video, the little ones will also discover different farm animals and their products!
Hope you’ll enjoy this!
The Emergent Curriculum
What children learn does not follow as an automatic result from what is taught, rather, it is in large part due to the children’s own doing, as a consequence of their activities and our resources.
—Loris Malaguzzi, The Hundred Languages of Children
As a kindergarten educator, I am learning to adopt a new approach through which children learn. This approach is very hands on and child-initiated, making children active participants in their learning. As a student teacher, I am myself still learning about this approach and am going to adopt it throughout my Teaching Practice.
The video I am uploading in this blog post features teachers and parents who talk about this very unique approach toward curriculum, and how a child’s very own interests become the launch pad for curiosity… and a lifetime love of learning.
If you are more into reading, here’s a link to a very interesting article which talks about the emergent curriculum and its importance.
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2015/emergent-curriculum
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