L, my eight-year old daughter, wrote a note on a sheet of post-it using a marker. She, then, began erasing the note on the paper. I was surprised! I wondered how she did that. She laughed and excitedly revealed that she found the trick on a Youtube clip about “Life Hacks for Kids.” She demonstrated to me the process of placing sticky tapes on a sheet of post-its. She uses dry-erase markers to write notes on it.
L. showing her "creations". :)
I grabbed this opportunity to extend the activity so the dayhome kids can also participate. I remember the materials that I printed off from picklebums.com showing people faces of different skin tones. Originally, we followed the idea of using playdough to decorate the faces. This time, we used dry-erase markers to draw the parts of the faces. I provided sponges as erasers whenever they make any errors or just wanted to change their drawings entirely.
The next day, we involved the other dayhome children. It also coincided with our month programming - Multiculturalism: Celebrating our Differences.
In a child-centered program, children are at the core of the learning process. Educators observe how children play and interact. When they pinpoint children’s interest, they leverage on it to extend learning. In the whole process, educators become learners, as well.