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Creating a PLC Within the Kindergarten Division Based on Implementing STEM/STEAM Activities Within Project-Based Learning
Our goal is to create a PLC to research/implement STEM activities and makerspaces into project-based learning in FDK to make learning more engaging, authentic and self-motivating for students and educators, and to share this learning with others.
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Focusing on Spatial Reasoning in Kindergarten
Area(s) of Focus: kindergarten, mathDivision(s): PrimaryLevel(s): KindergartenResource(s) Available:Using playful pedagogy with open-ended tasks based on the resource Taking Shape, we saw our students develop greater spatial thinking abilities. We saw the gains reflected in further tasks, free play and everyday language.
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It Takes a Team
Starting from where each learner is at and moving forward: It’s what we practise when working with children, and it is what we practised as educators working together to help each other grow in regards to using technology to document student learning
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The Four Frames and Pedagogical Documentation
Area(s) of Focus: kindergarten, technologyDivision(s): PrimaryLevel(s): KindergartenResource(s) Available:Our purpose was to utilize the electronic portfolio (SESAME) to make the children’s demonstration of learning visible and meaningful. This tool would also be used as a parent communication and aid in the writing of the Communication of Learning.
