For my assignment this week, I have been asked by my instructor to upload and share a few things. The first is an image of a child's drawing and why I like it. I was torn between three of my children's work because of how wonderfully they draw and colour. But alas! Choose I have got to and so I have chosen Zunairah's work. A brief introduction about my classroom and Zunairah. The children in my class were between 3 to 4years old (they are on vacation now, really missing them) and Zunairah is not yet 4. She is very calm and quiet and she always add details to her work. She is not in a hurry to finish up her compare to her peers and so I have learnt to always leave her to finish up especially when drawing or colouring. Here it is:
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| We read The Goose that laid the Golden Eggs and I asked them to draw what they recall from the story. |
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| Here is her drawing after we read the book Fix-It-Duck. |
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| Her drawing when we read Olivers Vegetables. I like this because she was able to add her details to the story. |
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Her work is very nice for a three year old. She probably really likes coloring, so it's probably best to let her just work. I really like her picture of The Goose and the Golden Egg, so detailed.
ReplyDeleteI like that you allow your students to have free choice in the recall session of drawing of what they learned from the stories. I see a lot of teacher directed work(art is the main one), and this is not allowing the students to have free choice in expressing themselves. Keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteThank you Brittney. When they draw, it serves as a form of assessment for me to see if are able to recall and retell stories and past events. Usually, on Mondays we have circle time to talk about weekends and they share what they did, where they went to and any other they want to share. Afterwards, I ask them to draw and add any other thing they want. Hope you are enjoying the online course.
DeleteI like how you have your students drawing pictures from the stories that were read. There are too many teacher directed activities and yet not enough child directed activities. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI quite agree with you. I see this a lot when children are involved in craft work. Sometimes I have to remind myself that not to interfere with work. If they want to place the nose where the eyes is meant to, i leave it or when they draw the house bigger than the sun, I leave it. My display board doesn't have to look like designer board.
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