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Day 7 - Heather McKay and Jaime Hatchette, Teachers, Andrew Sibbald School

4/8/2014

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What does learning look like?

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We used to think it was teacher-led, theme based, and needed a paper product to prove you had learned something.

Now we understand learning is unique, just like we are! On a daily basis our students forge new relationships while learning to think as architects, scientists, leaders, mathematicians, readers, writers and most importantly community members, all through play.

Today, if you looked closely at our amazing 5 and 6 year olds, you would see:

  • JS sitting in the middle of her peers explaining why she is shaving her head at our upcoming Shave Your Lid for a Kid event.
  • A group of students moving from fear to wonder as they examine and research different insects using our Zoomy magnifying camera.
  • GS pouring over his blueprints to ensure his diagram and labels detailing his invention, are ready to share with a global audience on our Wonder Blog.
  • Pairs of students sitting together, giving feedback about how they can improve their work.
  • A group of 5 students negotiating loudly at the block centre about what and how to build eventually coming to a consensus to use parts of everyone’s ideas and talents to create playscapes.
  • 68 kindergarten students discovering ice melting, puddles forming, shadows lengthening while they ‘play’ outside.

What do our students teach us? Be brave. Try new things.  Let go of fear.  Dream big!

Learning needs to be messy, noisy, challenging, and most importantly, always WORTHWHILE!

@HeatherMMckay @JaimeHatchette are 2 kindergarten teachers on a curious journey where each day is filled with learning, playing, and creating. Join our journey: @wander4wonder1 and http://kidblog.org/ASK13/


3 Comments
Steve Clark link
4/8/2014 06:39:10 am

Wow! Awesome post Heather and Jaime. What an amazing to thing for us to remember on a daily basis. This goes to show that if Kindergarten students can behave like this, both in and out of the classroom, any grade level can!

On a another note. I have seen your Zoomy camera appear before in your sharing. Where did you get it from and how much was it?

Thanks again for sharing your learning!

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Tasha
4/8/2014 01:39:45 pm

Love being in the same building as you two, you inspire me on a daily basis and challenge me to push myself and more importantly my students. We have so much to learn from eachother.

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Laina
1/10/2015 01:35:13 am

Reading this a few months later reminds me what an amazing team of teachers we have and how lucky I am to watch these students on their grade 1 journey everyday. They continue to inspire me to be a better teacher at every turn.

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