Here is a little presentation that the kidlets planned to culminate our ancient astronomy study. They are a hoot. Each of them studied a different astronomer or civilization and taught the rest of the class what they discovered. It sort of just came together in a brilliant newscast idea. Stellar 12 news. What a bunch of brilliant, hilarious, kids.
I love to see this kind of joy coming from something they have worked together to plan and execute. (Be warned...I am about to get really teacher-y for a minute) Sometimes I find myself fretting and analyzing everything we do, wondering if I am doing enough, if they are learning enough, if this little unconventional hootenanny is working. But then I see this. This tiny crew knows the difference between a heliocentric and a geocentric model of the universe because they took what they've learned and created something remarkable. I will take that over a checklist of random facts any day. Take that arbitrary science text books. One point for us.
"But when getting done takes precedence over doing, when finishing becomes more important than figuring out, we've lost sight of what we know to be true. In our rush to try and fit everything in, we've forgotten that children learn by doing. And learning by doing takes time." -Debbie Miller
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