Starting+Point

Begin this assignment by brainstorming with your small group. Your goal is to brainstorm several potential learning activities related to a central theme or idea. At this point these activity ideas are in very rough form. Either before or after you do some brainstorming, review this article from [|Young Children]. It covers webbing and how we can integrate the learning foundations or standards into project type activities.

Next you need to integrate Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into your work. Check out this site about Howard and his [|theory]. As you discuss the information on this site within your group share which of your intelligences are stronger and which are weaker. Discuss how this may impact the way you teach and interact with children and adults. Decide which of your activities will naturally bring out specific intelligences and build on those natural opportunities. Within your web you should create opportunities for children with strengths in various intelligences to strengthen those intelligences as well as opportunities to develop the weaker intelligences. Since your goal is to develop a well-rounded whole child, you must create a well-rounded whole web of activities.

The last step you will take in the classroom today is to link your rough ideas to either the [|Indiana Foundations for Young Children] or the [|Indiana Academic Standards], depending on ages of the children with whom you plan to implement these activities. You will develop at least one goal for each activity that directly links to one of these resources. Please type the complete foundation or standard in your activity plan.

After you leave the classroom there are some tasks I would like you to accomplish. Please read about those tasks prior to leaving the classroom by clicking here.