• Mission For The Class

    A Senses Walk Through My Classroom: My Personal Philosophy To Teaching


Hear: In my child centered classroom you will hear the sounds of active 
children.  The observer will listen to children engaged in cooperative 
learning.  Youngsters’ will be discovering and constructing meaning from 
their own experiences and through interactions with others.  It will be 
clear 
to the listener that my students understand the way that they learn.  This 
centers approach will allow for children with different talents to learn 
from 
each other as well as permit for the teacher to go and help individual 
students.  One will hear a community of voices encouraged through positive 
reinforcement.


See:  The observer will notice a print rich environment at the children’s 
level of sight.  An individual will see the work of the children displayed 
throughout the room.  One will see the teacher bending down to the child’s 
level to discuss examples.  You will see the teacher acting as a guide or 
coach and the students being the workers.  The spectator will see carefully 
laid out expectations and youngsters who are developing the habits of 
thinkers.


Smell: If you came in the morning you would definitely smell snack.  Snack 
is 
an essential part of the day because it is a time when the children can 
converse with each other in a calm setting.  School should be a place that 
addresses social and emotional development, as well as academic.  This is 
the 
ideal time to help children problem solve disagreements and find out more 
about their lives out of school.  Following schedules and routines, like 
snack every morning, will help teachers and students to work in an 
atmosphere 
of mutual trust and high expectations.


Touch: Examining the children’s work one will see that it is completed 
entirely by the student.  Process instead of product is the name of the 
game.  The watcher will hopefully see work that the students are proud of 
and 
that if you showed it to them, they would be able to describe what they 
completed.  Much of the items are creative projects that reveal the 
children’s interests as well as connections to the everyday world.


Taste: The onlooker will definitively taste a desire for learning in my 
classroom.  The curriculum is designed with a theme-based approach that 
integrates the subjects and helps to develop connections to the outside 
world 
and motivate students.  Youngsters will want to come to school because 
learning is hands on and promotes deeper understandings rather than mere 
coverage of materials.  The diversity of students, materials, and ways of 
learning will make for an exciting environment that the children will want 
to 
take ownership in.


Come explore your senses in my classroom!