Let's Research!
The best way for preschool students to be researchers is for them to use non-fiction books or simply do their own investigations!
The best way for preschool students to be researchers is for them to use non-fiction books or simply do their own investigations!
This week we had a blast talking about pumpkins. We started off my making a KWL chart.
What we know
What we want to know
What we learned
The children did their own investigations by using 4/5 of their senses. We did not do the tasting part, but we activated their background knowledge by asking if they have ever eaten anything that was pumpkin flavored.
Our library was filled with non-fiction pumpkin books.
After we completed our research, the children as a class made a pumpkin book. They loved doing this because they were the authors and the illustrators.
Reflection: I feel as though anything that is hands on is going to have a much greater impact on the children than just being lectured. I know we didn't use much technology for this activity, but the students are activity involved in their investigations. We currently do not have access to do online research like we would want to, but the students created their own non-fiction book. This book is called "A Pumpkin is..." It is based off of their real experiences with experimenting on a pumpkin.
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