Speaking of Hands On (I Promise I'll Stop After This)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:05PM Christian's teacher has a motto for her classroom; it is this famous saying from Confucius:
I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I do and I understand.
Mrs. C. is big on her students doing whatever it is that they are studying. Her class is very hands on, from seashells to dinosaurs (and I am not kidding-I have a shell imprinted in plaster and a giant brontosaurus that is a good six feet long and four feet high stuck up on a shelf in Christian's room), they do with their hands something that will help them understand what it is they are studying.
Just recently the class was learning about opposites. For homework Christian had to come up with at least fifty opposite pairs (down/up; left/right; frown/smile) and bring them to class. Then each student made an opposite book. This, my dear friends, is too good not to share. And so, I proudly present to you...
by: Christian Walker
Big and Small (please note how displeased "Small" is...bigger must indeed be better)
Boy and Girl (the difference is, gratefully, in the hair; his take on the difference between the sexes made him declare that Shaun White was a girl when he took off his helmet after his snowboarding run)
Bright and Dark
Cold and Hot (one of my favorites; he makes his characters talk..."br" and "It's too hot outside!" Also, someone inside is taunting the one who is outside with an obnoxious,"ha")
Dirty and Clean (and long and lean)
Dumb and Smart (I am so glad finally to know what all those little swirlies twirling around my head are!)
Dead and Alive (The tongue...it is so telling, no?)
Fast and Slow (another one of my favorites...I love the burst coming from the car's behind-ha)
Hard and Soft
Loud and Quiet (Please. That mouth. I know you can barely see it, but the loud guy has a giant circle for a mouth.)
Mountain and Valley (Don't miss the unfortunate little guy plummeting to the earth, minus a parachute. There is also an unhappy home owner. In case you can't see the words, they are saying, respectively,"help I'm falling" and "hey, why do I have to have the smallest house.") (I left the punctuation as it is on his paper.)
There were several other pages...this book made me smile and laugh. I love seeing Christian's work. He is so thoughtful, and I think his personality comes through in everything that he does. He is a quirky, funny, creative fellow.
And by the end of the year, our house will be full of his projects and his head will be full of understanding.
Christian
Reader Comments (4)
These are super cool and interesting! What an imagination your child has!! I love it!
Thanks for sharing!
What an awesome teacher. That is quite a project but he will never forget it!
"Out of the mouths of babes"! Too cute for words!! Thank you for sharing this. My son recently cracked me up when I went for a preschool visit. The students had made placemats for their snack time and on the back they were to pick their favorite foods. I turned Kaden's over to find a picture of cookies and crab legs!! How many four-year-olds like crab legs?! Mine....his Dad loves 'em and we do eat them occassionally at home. The teacher even questioned me on it, but said, "Kaden wanted the crablegs!!" Kids do and say the funniest things! How can we not love them?!
I'm just gobbling up all your comments today....
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