Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Gee-what did you think?
Interesting topic- again remember your are blooging with the catholic school girl who learned her times table with the rap of a wooded ruler-not pleasantso bear with me. I am from the new way of thinking and teaching 'what ever works" as long as they are willing to learning and show an interest I will search to the ends of the Earth to find a way to make it fun as well as educational. Semiotic Domains is my cup of tea. Children, me included, learn in all ways everyday with every experience so why should video games be any different. When my twins were 4 and being introduced to math I was the first one to whip-out the counters, cherrios, pennies, Popsicle sticks, if it could be counted it was nearby. I even made magic counting wands for the little ones that "magically" helped them with the answer. They could count with their wand ant the drop of a hat but lose the wands in school and like deer in headlights they lost their ability to add. Now I am not talking calculus here. I am talking simple 5 + 3=? Well I introduced math drills on work sheets and mathcafe.com. That year Santa left a leapfrog video system with a plethora of spelling, math, and reading games for Christmas, he took the wands for the elves. Like a charm, unbelievable my daughters received constant reinforcement from various media that subconsciously they became stronger in their once weekend subject. If your reading this bolg I am sure you remember a few episodes of School House Rock-I even sing some of the songs to myself to myself when I am trying to find parts of speech for a class and I am caught off guard." quite interesting a nouns a person place or thing..." So I do think that learning if done correctly can be achieved through all types of media.
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Hey Bibi! I agree with you about using different types of media to help children learn. I also think it's important to have a variety of techniques both traditional and modern in order to cater to different styles of learning. My daughter learned her abc's at a very early age by playing with a desk that had letters and numbers that you could physically place on to the top of the desk. She's a very tactile learner and this helped her by being able to touch and feel each shape. My son played with the same desk but learned his letters and numbers better by watching them on Sesame Street and hearing the repetition. It's important to find what suites each style of learning.
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