Messy Development
2/8/2019
After the success and enjoyment that creating the bottle rockets gave us I had (what I thought) to be a great idea of creating our own 3D model solar system. Using balloons and paper mache. At PNA, we encourage students to take risks and make mistakes, to expand their comfort zone and grow. It is easy to think that taking risks and having the courage to take risks revolves around big, daunting things such as rock climbing or bungee jumping. However that is not always the case, for some, myself included they would happily climb a mountain before.... For some children and students it is similar. Some students would happily climb on stage and sing but become shy and nervous about answering a question in math. For some students coming to school is a new and scary experience and a challenge For some, raising their hand to answer a question in front of their peers is out of their comfort zone and requires lots of courage, for some even sticking your hands in a bowl of sticky glue and not being afraid to get messy is uncomfortable, scary and out of their comfort zone. However by giving students opportunities to explore and push their boundaries in a safe and encouraging environment, allows each child to individually expand and grow and develop. Opportunities such as field trips, science experiments, crafting and more, means students develop not just academically but as an individual as well. So when we stick our hands in the bowl of glue, (and partially destroy the classroom) we are not just getting messy and having fun, we are constantly growing and developing be it creatively, socially or academically. This week we also celebrated 100 days of school. We spent an hour in the gym taking part in various activities revolving around the number 100 to commemorate all that the students have achieved and the hard work they have been putting in during their time at school.
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Hali TuomiMs. Tuomi has over five years experience in ASD, where she taught first and fifth grade classrooms. An avid skier, Ms. Tuomi is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Alaska Pacific University’s Bachelor of Arts in K-8 Education. Archives
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