Loose Parts Learning in K-3 Classrooms (eBook)

Suzanne Levenson Goldstein, Carla Gull, Tricia Rosengarten (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
272 Seiten
Gryphon House Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-87659-928-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Loose parts. You have heard the term, probably in the context of promoting engaging play with open-ended, natural, and manufactured materials that can be manipulated with limitless possibilities. In this book, discover how a loose parts mindset promotes active learning in the early elementary classroom, enhancing curriculum and ensuring connection to state standards. Offering inspiration and guidance on developing, applying, and teaching a loose parts mindset, the authors break down common myths of using loose parts for learning and walk you through getting started in the classroom and on the school grounds. Examine your role as an educator, address safety concerns, and explore how you might evaluate and assess loose parts in the classroom. The inspiring photographs in this book showcase ways to apply the loose parts mindset to science, technology, reading and literacy, engineering, art, and math lessons. Use this book as a smorgasbord of ideaspick and choose ones that work for you, your students, and your community. None of us is too old for a little loose parts play!

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.11.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Vorschulpädagogik
• ISBN-10: 0-87659-928-5 / 0876599285
• ISBN-13: 978-0-87659-928-0 / 9780876599280