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FAMILY SHIELD

 


Every member must SHIELD and PROTECT the family.

And as the child grows, certain values and beliefs within the family are what they use as an anchor in the process of development and change. 

 

To gain more conceptual understanding of their personal history, they created a family shield also known as a "Coat of Arms" in collaboration with Art.

They thought about
a symbol...
an animal...
a word...
an activity 

to represent their family. . 


Each child worked carefully, planning the colors, words and figures which showed their pride in their work that would represent their own family. Seeing the result, each shield gave us a snapshot of the values and the essence of each individual families


Evidently,  it is precious to these young learners to be the voice at school about their families. 


Their eyes sparkled as they hold the beautiful,colorful piece of family shield. 


They also started working on the Family Tree that will show the relationship of the different members of the family. 


With the help of the parents, the students were able to visualize the people in the family over the generations and their relationships to one another. 


Words such as parents, grandmother, grandfather, uncles, aunts, and cousins were understood through the visual Family Tree chart. 


They looked at the other students Family Tree and they realized that families are different in size. 



For IT integration, the students learned about the concept of 'change'.
Mr. Huber brought an old typewriter and gave the children an opportunity to type on it. 

 

It was explained that the typewriter has the same purpose then as the computer nowadays. However, it was difficult to press the letters and users need to manually move the cursor to the next page. 


Whereas now, the computers are very convenient and easy to use. You can take it anywhere because it is lighter and smaller. 


Technology - a symbol of growth and change. 

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