Showing posts with label documentation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label documentation. Show all posts
Monday, 18 April 2016
Friday, 12 June 2015
Children As Documenters
The children have been showing such an interest in documentation.
They want to document their work.
They want to document other children's work.
They want to document moments throughout their day.
"Miss, I need the iPad so I can document."
They work together. Using the PicCollage app, the children take pictures and add text.
They work on their own.
They see a moment they want to capture and then record their thoughts.
The SK's help the JK's to learn about documenting.
"Miss, can we print my documentation for my binder?"
We talk about words and spaces and sentences.
And of course, we talk about the 'what' and the 'why' of the child's documentation.
They use their documentation at sharing time, to show others.
They show us what they see.
They show us what they do, what they know and how they feel.
They ask us to help type their words...
...but then they want to type them all by themselves.
We know that documentation is at the heart of the learning process.
The children communicate what they learn when they document themselves.
Children as documenters....extraordinary!
Monday, 19 May 2014
Our Extended Classroom
In the wonderful world of kindergarten, our classroom doesn't stop at the door!
We consider our space as having an inside classroom and an outside classroom. When the weather co-operates, we spend afternoons outdoors and the boys and girls often work with partners as they discover, wonder, observe, investigate and record.
Dandelions and rocks have provided so much discussion and learning this week!
Each partnership has a JK and SK friend working together. The children are encouraged to draw pictures to go with their words.
A huge slug creates a great deal of excitement!
A teeny tiny snail finds a safe place and steady hands.
A rock is moved aside to reveal a world of living things.
Negotiating picker weeds.
Why are there so many different kinds of rocks? Where do rocks come from? How do rocks get small?
Spring boquets
A perfect setting to re-read If You Find A Rock
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