Design for Learning
The early childhood classroom
What is one of the most important and influential built environment?
- re-enacting the story
- Singing songs
- playing instruments
Name three types of music and movement that can be incorporated in a read aloud lesson?
Yes, spirituality exist in children beyond adults and religion. It exist in their curiosity of their views of their world. How they view the world when it comes to death and living and what they sense.
Does spirituality exist in children?
The classrooms are built on the base of function instead of the development of a child's brain.
How are classrooms built/designed?
Props: Scarves, construction paper, bandanas and other materials.
Assignments - assigned a color, a character, an object, a place
What kind of props and assignments can children be assigned to when engaging in the story?
Their curiosity and their world expanded. They are no longer seeing just pretty colors and mountains, they are seeing and believing what was taught to them, what they heard, and what they have seen. The world and their culture has expanded and they grew up with a new perspective.
If you were to see the world as a child, what would you see? Loved ones, friends to play with, appealing toys/objects, pretty colors, sky, sun, bodies of water, mountains? Their life is theirs to grab and be who they want to be but instead their bubble burst and they gain a whole new perspective and identity. How?
1. Design for Learning (survival)
2. Feelings for Learning (Emotion)
3. Spaces for Learning (Thinking)
What are the three design elements of the Brain-Sets Formula that is critical for the child's learning experience
- language development
- uses motor skills
-Creativity/imagination
- cognitive growth
- infants recognizes melody before the words
How does movement and music benefit a child?
acknowledging feelings
coaching conflict resolution
teaching fairness, peace and belonging
standing up for truth, justice, harmony, balance, and order
How is spiritual or existential intelligence embedded in Early Childhood Education
Survival centered: clear pathways/small spaces or corners
Emotional-Centered Classroom: lighting; dim, natural. Pillows, heavy blankets and cozy bean bags
Thinking Centered Classroom: smaller group tables/break areas
What should a Survival-centered classroom, an emotional-centered classroom and a thinking-centered classroom have?
It is part of a social-emotional well-being. It brings up the children's moods, the children's energy and it re-inspires us and brings our worries and stress down
Why is music so important in education?
I am seen, I am heard, I am loved, I am respected, I am equal
what does the author refer to when she says "I AM"?
Survival - Repitilian Brain Located in brain stem
Emotion - Mammalian Brain Located in limbic system
Thinking- Neocortex
What part of the brain is designed for survival and controls involuntary responses to keep us alive and safe?
What part of the brain is design for emotions which sets off the fight, flight freeze responses?
What part of the brain is used for our thinking and memory?
alphabet songs, counting songs, finger-play songs, nursery rhymes and chants
What kind of songs are played in an early childhood classroom
Linguistic Intelligence
Logical-mathmatical Intelligence
Musical Intelligence
Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
Spatial-visual Intelligence
Interpersonal Intelligence
Intrapersonal Intelligence
Naturalist Intelligence
existentialist Intelligence
What are Howard Gardner's 9 Multiple Intelligences?