My Life in Our Father's World

Back to School (x2)

It’s August and that means the children and college students (including myself) in our area are back in school. It can be tricky when trying to balance lesson planning/prep and my own schoolwork, but so far I am making it work. The words teach & learn are never far from my mind.

One of the classes that I am taking this semester is about curriculum development. Over the weekend I watched a video where children were doing blind art. Since we are learning about diversity and acceptance this week I immediately adjusted my lesson plans for Monday.

What did we do, you may ask? Well, let me tell you all about it.

Step One – Gather materials (3 shallow boxes, 3 blindfolds, 20 sheets of white paper, 3 paint brushes, and the new set of skin tone paints)

Step Two – With 3 children at the table place a piece of paper in each of the shallow boxes.

Step Three – Let the children choose the colors they want and drizzle the paint on the paper.

Step Four – Put on blindfolds. Help the child find the box with their hands. Give them a paintbrush and guide their hand to the paper.

Step Five – Stand back and watch the magic happen.

Step Six – Remove the blindfold and watch a smile spread across each child’s face.

Step Seven – Once the paint is dry display the paintings on the windows.

I love that I can immediately take a lesson that I have learned in class and turn around and use it in my pre-K classroom.

#OneWord #TeachLearn

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  2. Jesus is indeed the Master Teacher, and we can always keep learning from Him. I love that you are incorporating understanding the difficulties of others into your classroom. In California there is or was a trail designed with the blind and those that want to understand their challenges in mind. They could hold on to a rope to negotiate the trail and there were explanatory signs in Braille and in print. I took my own children on that trail. Unfortunately my school district didn’t spend money on field trips. I hope you have a great year in both settings!

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  7. Barb so wonderful you are taking classes. It keeps our minds sharp. Even better you can use what you study in your lesson times with the children.

    I remember when I started studying Spanish at the age of 52. People wondered about it but I knew God was calling me to do so.

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