Making a Difference
5/4/2019
One of my favorite things about project based learning is the way it teaches our students that they can make a difference in the world and help solve its problems, now. When we first started studying animals and endangered animals, one of our sweet little ones said, "When we're older, we can help." This led to a discussion about how they can actually help make the world a better place and solve its problems right now, as kids. (For more about how PBL empowers kids to make a difference in our world now, check out this blog post.) Since then, our kindergartners have created and run a pop-up museum and raised almost $400 for WWF- NOW, as 5 and 6 year olds. What an amazing accomplishment and empowering opportunity for our little ones. Our wildlife ecologists worked hard to teach others about a problem, provide lots of solutions, and convince them to help by making different choices, taking action, and partnering with them and WWF. For a tour of the museum, watch the video below. After the museum was built, I shared with students that my goal for the museum was to raise $100 for endangered animals and my goal for the entire fundraiser was $500. Neither of those was good enough for these kindergarten world changers, who wanted a "mega, mega, mega gigantor" goal of $1000. If you'd like to help us help protect our animals and reach our mega, gigantor goal, you can give to our campaign here. We're so thankful for the generosity of everyone who has already partnered with us! Thank you for helping our little ones make the world a better place NOW and helping them see that their actions can and do make a difference. And a very special thank you to Ms. Laura, who helped our artists create all of the masterpieces for the museum and made a special trip to celebrate with us at the Grand Opening.
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Saania AliMs. Ali graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelors of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. She specializes in Early Childhood Education, ESL, and Special Education. Her hobbies include traveling, reading, and painting! Archives
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