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Designing Curriculum Around Social Experiences - Coggle Diagram
Designing Curriculum Around Social Experiences
Benefits
Enhance student learning-Important Elements of the Learning envronment
Experience 21st century skills organically
Practice Respectful Communication
practice critical thinking while learning how to work together to accomplish a goal
exploration opportunities-curric
solving problems together
kids taking responsibility for self, the class community, and the school
Spark questions
Thinking of ways to explain ideas and concepts to collaborators
boost creativity when brainstorming or figuring out solutions together. bounce ideas off each other.
Dewey
improve civic literacy
designing a more friendly city environment
children designing the city spaces they use--park design in Boulder Colorado
problem-based learning to solve community problems
learn to navigate digital tools when in person collaboration is not possible
build oral communication skills
learn how to collaborate well
Erikson
trusting and strong relationships
Vygotsky-
Social interactions
Communication
Collaborative experiences for idea sharing can broaden the pool of knowledge and grant deeper understanding, show different ways of solving problems etc
-optimize learning with a more knowledgable other in the ZPD
Bandura
Learning through modelling, observation of modelling, demonstrations, communication of instructions
Develop 5 Social competencies
Self-management
Learn Self-Regulation
Learning to get along well with others to accomplish the goal
practice finding ways to communicate verbally instead of using the body
control impulses
learn how to control emotional reactions and responses
activities to teach self-regulation:
games and fun activities
Calming Techniques
Self-Awareness Exercises
Mindfulness Activities
ability to understand, manage, and control one's own feelings
ability to calm self
find ways to resolve negative emotions rather than allow them to take control and dictate destructive behavior
With support a child can learn to cope when things don't go as planned, or when faced with hardships, challenges, or stressful situations.
Self-Awareness
identifying one's own feelings in the moment
ability to understand self
learning how to recognize the emotions that come up is vital for being able to manage their consequences
Developing feelings vocabulary is therefore important
Social Awareness
Relationship Skills
closeness, consistency, and trust
Responsible Decision-Making
Solid Foundation for learning
Healthy Brain Development
Develop team work skills
Develop oral language faster
Learning how to share and take turns
Learning how to interact politely and respectfully
curriculum design
Actvity Design for Whole, Small groups, and Pairs
role-plays
Alongside a video
Puppet Play
Improvised
Discussions
Kagan / Full class engagement
Think Pr Sh
Round Robin
Talking Chips
Numbered Heads Together
game-based learning
Games/Activities for Communication:
Telephone Game (whispers)
Tell about the picture (What you see, What happened Before and After)
Giving Directions / Let someone follow them
Finish a story
Show and Tell
Emotional Charades
20 Questions
Polls
Games for self-regulation:
*Connect it to real-life habit or impulse control
Freeze game
Head to Head / Wacky Relay: Paired relay race with buddies needing to carry an object between their same body parts to and fro (eg, between elbow to elbow), the larger the object, the easier
Egg and Spoon Relay
*3 and 4-Power of teamwork, proximity, controlling emotions
Self-Control Bubbles
Ready, Set, <Go>
Red Light Green Light: can be played with target language vocabulary in place of red light and green light phrases
Games/Activities to Build Confidence and Growth Mindset
Teach and Practice Positive Self-Statement with movement like Yoga poses
Guided Meditation - Guiding students to let go of self-destructive thoughts, and focus instead on constructive thoughts
Goal-setting with students & Parents (perhaps in a conference with parents who can help students think and verbalize goals)
Team games or activities
Student Choice of presenting learning results
Conducted Interrupted Shared Story Creation
Learning Process
Child-initated
Free Play
Choose your activity
Learning centers
gamification
Making the learning process itself into a game-like experience
Literacy
Read Alouds/Literature/Non-fiction
Clarification-Predictions true? What was wrong or right?
Questions-What don't you quite understand yet?
Summaries-Retell in own words
Predictions-Before & After
FrogStreet
Connect self to story
reinforce vocabulary
oral language practice
develop comprehension
Activate Prior Knowledge
Hands-on Math from concrete to abstract
Use of Manipulatives to understand benchmark concepts-such as patterns, sequence, number parts, number places, etc.
Utilizing the objects and people resources in the classroom to bring relevance to math concepts like one to one correspondence, graphing, sequence, patterns, counting, grouping, symmetry, etc.
After students understand it in the concrete, introduce simple number sentences, create graphs to organize information, etc.
Science Center small group learning and collaboration
Listening Comprehension Activities
Talk about it Read Alouds - encouraging talking about the story along the way.
Let students or child read a character's dialogue whenever that character speaks
Guess that Sound. Play sounds that the child must identify with closed eyes. Children can also listen to stories with eyes closed.
4.Story Predictions and Clarifications
Listening walks - talk about what you hear as you walk
Spot the Change game - tell a short story twice. the 2nd telling child must raise hand anytime they hear a difference you made in the story.
Cooking together - Students need to listen carefully to complete the recipe
Have students repeat what you said in their own words
Play Follow the Leader Games (Simon Says and I Spy)
Specific for the Online class
tools for interactive learning exp
Khan Academy
Seesaw
Online based ECE curriculum - The Creative Curriculum
Hub Platform Sites: 3P Learning, Buncee, etc. Check out this link for more
info
Video Sharing / Show and Tell
Interactive white boards built into the VC
Props around the house
Movie clips showcasing student work in 5 minutes before class time.
Guidelines for successful online interaction
Keep it simple and interactive
Have a central hub
Provide alternate spaces for group interactions -- chat rooms, padlet discussions, flipgrid, and the like.
Create digital learning portfolios using Seesaw
Create norms and routine
Create small group and social experiences to help connections form
Free online educational game sites:
Sheppard Software
PBS Kids Games
Mr. Nussbaum
National Geographic Kids
Poptropica
Fun Brain
BBC Schools Games
Arcademic Skill Builders
Types of Interactions to Consider:
T to S
S to S
s to environment
-Good example: Montessori classroom
with Materials: Interactions with computer, books, worksheets, and Hands on learning
Daily Routine and Schedule are important
additional influences on successful social interactions
-Carmichael (2014), Muntner (2008)
Caring Community in the Classroom
Positive Climate
Healthy Diet - lots of organic, unprocessed foods providing necessary vitamins and minerals, healthy fats, healthy sources of protein, complex carbohydrates, good variety of fruit and vegetables.
Proper amount of sleep
Drinking lots of water
Teacher being responsive to student pOv's and needs
Good behavior management
effective Scaffolding or Teacher support