A great way of sharing information about holiday traditions is through the use of class surveys. It’s fun, engaging, and provides opportunities for learning across the curriculum.
Here are some of the benefits:
- Children feel valued when they have opportunities to share information about themselves and their families.
- Children’s social skills develop when they interact to find out interesting information about each other.
- Children become more aware of their similarities and differences. This helps to develop feelings of acceptance and appreciation for the diversity represented in the class.
- Children’s language skills develop as they talk to each other, asking questions and clarifying information.
- Children learn to be organised and methodical in the collection, recording, interpretation, and reporting of data.
- Children are fully engaged in the learning when they are asking questions they have raised and to which they are interested in finding the answers.
- Because learning occurs in meaningful contexts and is integrated across subject areas, children can transfer learning to other situations.
- Children enjoy learning about their classmates and the classroom community is strengthened.
This week I have uploaded three new resources to support early childhood teachers’ use of Yes or No class surveys, and a quick and easy recipe for entertaining at home or to contribute to a “bring a plate” function.
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