Word Walls … I would like to see little developing minds; and watch the children create a nation, and the future.
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February 15, 2007
Maritess sanchez-taylor
Educ 114-B
Word Walls
One difficulty that stood up in this section of DVD Lessons, was the video-taping and operations. The DVD operator could use some other strategy to position the taping from somewhere in the classroom perimeter, and position the taping as not to destruct the children in their learning experience. Anyway, I would like to point out the following: Watching the DVD Lessons in Word Walls is totally a new experience for me. I am not a PRE-K or Kindergarten teacher, yet. However, I choose not to dwell on difficulties but rather I find myself proposing for some fun activities; and to be more like the teachers in a Reggio Emilia classroom. Maybe, because I am such a "Pollyanna or color-person" –therefore, I would like to implement in my future classroom, a collection of very wonderful and fabulous illustrations that will stand side by side with the words and I would give the liberty and the joy for the children to collect them from home together with their parents or guardians, as a home assignment. Unlike one of the teachers in this DVD Lesson, I will give the children a free hand in creating their drawings in whatever fashion they want to express their uniqueness. I have observed with my three children - that when children are encouraged to be free and creative, they tend to remember the experience for a long time. Thus, the words they have learned, and whatever their hands are molding to represent such words, could be quite an impact in their reading/writing/comprehension skills--simultaneously. In addition, not only will my class create sentences, but also let the whole group or 2 groups create an interesting story of their own making! Equally fascinating, is for children to use a collection of their words and vocabulary alike and stash them in a Portfolio! Furthermore, I could introduce a game like, "Give me a Letter, Give me a Word", "and, collect some tokens towards the Licorice Jar - if you have a WORD!" Or, "I have a Magical Genie (sp) inside My Portfolio! Can you rub your palms and show me, what you got?" We got Game! Ahhh, certainly, I would like to see little developing minds; and watch the children create a nation, and the future.
