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- Kindergarten
- Image of the Child
- Time
- Inquiries can emerge at anytime. They don't have to be planned with a season.
- Take the time to listen to the questions and wonderings that the children have.
- Give children lots of time to carry out the inquiry. They can last for months and extend into other inquiries.
- Space
- You don't have to have your space perfectly planned on the first week of school.
- Should look natural and home like. Not like a toy shop.
- Materials
- Should be organized in a way that promotes the way they can be used.
- Can be collected and don't have to cost money
- Personal Research
- THINQ Kindergarten Inquiry-based Learning in the kindergarten Classroom
- Curiosity and wonder in learning diagram (Represents that learning is ongoing, fluid, recursive, iterative and non-linear)
- The 3 common traits Diagram (All Inquiry experiences share three common traits)
- "What the heck is inquiry based learning?" Article written by: Heather wolpert-Gawron https://www.edutopia.org/blog/what-heck-inquiry-based-learning-heather-wolpert-gawron
- 1) All children develop questions they are hungry to answer.
- 2) Research the topic using class time.
- 3) Have student present what they have learned.
- 4) Ask students to reflect on what worked and what didn't
- Idea
- Loose Parts: Inspiring play in young Children by, Lisa Daly, Miriam Belgovsky & Jenna Daly
- The stages of Symbolic Play with loose parts and their importance.
- My Learning experience
- My idea of what is beautiful and necessary my not be what is needed.
- The classroom is created for and by the children. They should be part of it's evolution.
- Loose parts can be added to every center in the classroom. They can be collected throughout the year and stored for future use.
- Always start with what students are learning and ask them thought provoking questions like...
- How do you know ?
- Idea
- What will happen next ?
- What materials did/will you use?
- How long do you think that will take ?
- Why did you choose this area?
- Why did you choose this area of the classroom ?
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