8/29/22 - Learning through interests

 Good aftternoon, Oak Room Family! We hope you enjoyed your weekend.  The students came back to school today ready to pick up where they left off last week. One of the elements of the Reggio Emilia approach to education is that children learn best through their own interests and curiosity.  In the Oak Room we have been spending this first part of the year learning about each other including what interests and curiosities students have.  Many students seem drawn towards nature including animals, bugs, sticks, and plants.  Today some students practiced scientific observation skills in response to the prompt "How are the new leaves and old leaves different? The same?"



JT: "hard and soft"





EmO: "This leaf is darker because that means you got it earlier. This leaf is dry and old. When I look through here I see lines and fuzz."





ElO: "They don't look the same.  This one is smooth and this one is hard.  It feels like it's breaking because it's hard.

Teacher: "What makes it hard?"

ElO: "Because it's worn out, because it has no water."



RN: "That's a color change rock. When it touches something gray on the slide it changes color. It changes color when you put it on the gray slide."


NN: "That's a busy bee!"








Students got the idea to build an obstacle course in the rock pit.
EF: "Do you want to be friends?"





We hope you all have a fantastic afternoon!


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