A picture has so much to teach.
It might have too much for one lesson.
And it can elicit different things at different times depending on what we know.
The Gingerbread Man.
Most children see a delicious looking candy that they want to eat. (or curious about the taste)
Children try and catch the cookie. They usually fail because the Gingerbread Man is too fast.
Hansel and Gretel followed the Gingerbread Man to a candy house somewhere in the forest.
Who lives in the candy house? A kind old lady??
How can I teach the children about this?
Level 1 -
Introduce the Gingerbread Man as a character. (Course book - At School)
Introduce the Gingerbread Man as a story. (Course book - The gingerbread Man)
Tell mini stories that puts the Gingerbread Man into the forest. (Course book - The Hungry Monster)
Level 2 - One Year Later
Introduce Hansel and Gretel to the children. (Course book - At School Level 2)
Introduce Hansel and Gretel’s story to the children. (Course book - Hansel and Gretel)
Leave breadcrumbs for children to make connections between the Gingerbread Man, the old lady and Hansel and Gretel.
Earlier in the course someone mentioned the term ‘Andragogy’ for adult learners.
I thought it also reflects on how children learn too.
https://totalsdi.com/blog/a-relationship-culture-sustaining-behavior-change/
Uncover
slowly unveil breadcrumbs that lead child to different ideas.
Encourage self-direction
Provide the space and opportunity for children to nature their ideas through puppets and stories.
Draw from Experience
Reference materials learned. Elicit things that are taught about strangers using candy to lure kids away from parents.
Make it real
Connect to students daily life: at the park, on a bike trail, etc…
Solve Problems
Provide seed solutions, give dialogue to role-play in the situations, etc.
Tap into motivation
Use language language, situations and ideas that children accept and want nurture (play with) in. their own minds.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=130mWQMtvkUckuMX211RCeAIjmhHztqa-
https://drive.google.com/open?id=130mWQMtvkUckuMX211RCeAIjmhHztqa-
Hi Rhett, thanks for sharing these lovely materials. They are bright, colourful and extremely motivating for the age group they are designed for. I like their simplicity and the way you've used simple colour coding to highlight new language.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed with how much thought has gone into these materials too, how you've considered all the different things children can learn from the same materials at different stages.
The link you shared will be useful to participants - this term was new for me but I'll be reading more on the topic and spreading the word. You've set out very clear examples of how your materials link to the six assumptions in the andragogical model. You need to write a blog post about this Rhett. What do you think? Well done!