Our week began by exploring the strength of magnets. The children learned about how magnets ATTRACT materials containing iron. After teaching a lesson, I heard a student telling another student that it (the magnet) attracted the paper clips because they had iron. Today we made "collections". I gave each group of 4 students a pile of objects. Their task was to group them into a collection of things that were alike. Most of the children began sorting the groups into collections by color, but a few students began sorting the objects by like kinds...all the cars, all the cats, etc. Again, I heard a student talking about her COLLECTION. Throughout a persons life, they learn the meaning of new words...this is also true about the pre-k students in the ladybug classroom!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Magnets and Making Collections in PreK
Our week began by exploring the strength of magnets. The children learned about how magnets ATTRACT materials containing iron. After teaching a lesson, I heard a student telling another student that it (the magnet) attracted the paper clips because they had iron. Today we made "collections". I gave each group of 4 students a pile of objects. Their task was to group them into a collection of things that were alike. Most of the children began sorting the groups into collections by color, but a few students began sorting the objects by like kinds...all the cars, all the cats, etc. Again, I heard a student talking about her COLLECTION. Throughout a persons life, they learn the meaning of new words...this is also true about the pre-k students in the ladybug classroom!
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