Emergent curriculum is also something an ECE can bring to the
classroom. The curriculum style involves developing curriculum based on
the children's interest and bringing inquiries to the group to solve.
My teacher, Mrs. C, shared a story of learning through emergent curriculum in the classroom. The class received 33 chicken eggs for the children to learn from. The farmer told them that likely half of them will hatch. So, some of the children counted them all and found out how much half of 33 became. Since there was one extra, they learned about approximately half.
16 chicks hatched and the children had an idea to involve them in a race. Two boys sat down to think of the materials they would need: blocks and string. Two girls sat down to figure out how many races they would need to have. They decided they would have races of four chicks at a time. One girl wrote an equation,
granted, her fours were backwards, but she came to a conclusion: 16 chicks. They would need four races. Her friend meanwhile drew the race with the proper amount of baby chicks. They came up to my teacher and said we need four races.
"That would make four winners. Are you okay with that?"
No...they weren't. So they thought of a solution.
"We will have one more race!"
So, they made the racing track and set out the chicks. They had made names for them, all 33, and so pulled from a hat each name and placed it in front of the runner. They ran a fifth race with all the chicks who won their round and the winner of that one became the #1 Winner.
Look at how much math they were using to plan the race! Addition, division, multiplication, problem solving. Fine motor, gross motor, teamwork, language, social skills.
My teacher, Mrs. C, shared a story of learning through emergent curriculum in the classroom. The class received 33 chicken eggs for the children to learn from. The farmer told them that likely half of them will hatch. So, some of the children counted them all and found out how much half of 33 became. Since there was one extra, they learned about approximately half.
16 chicks hatched and the children had an idea to involve them in a race. Two boys sat down to think of the materials they would need: blocks and string. Two girls sat down to figure out how many races they would need to have. They decided they would have races of four chicks at a time. One girl wrote an equation,
4+4+4+4=
granted, her fours were backwards, but she came to a conclusion: 16 chicks. They would need four races. Her friend meanwhile drew the race with the proper amount of baby chicks. They came up to my teacher and said we need four races.
"That would make four winners. Are you okay with that?"
No...they weren't. So they thought of a solution.
"We will have one more race!"
So, they made the racing track and set out the chicks. They had made names for them, all 33, and so pulled from a hat each name and placed it in front of the runner. They ran a fifth race with all the chicks who won their round and the winner of that one became the #1 Winner.
Look at how much math they were using to plan the race! Addition, division, multiplication, problem solving. Fine motor, gross motor, teamwork, language, social skills.
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