Creativity and Curriculum

We finished our week with a packed day full of content and creative activities. Ike led the teachers through some of their SS curriculum units and they worked on integrating their Christian worldview into the units that they taught. Jake did some teaching on intrinsic and extrinsic motivation for students. We had a great discussion/ debate on whether every child wants to learn--stories were shared from various teachers with examples from their classes.

We did a drama called VIC-- very important creatures and I had the teachers improvise props for the owl, lion, fox, hippo, bluebird etc--loads of fun and they did an amazing performance. Their story booklets were due today so we shared them in groups and a few presented their stories to the whole class. One advantage of sharing is that they learn from each other and receive a host of new ideas!

Our teachers were all interviewed by Sarah, a young journalist from Chicago who works for CH Global. She videotaped the class first and the teachers were delighted that she was filming them!

Sarah--our videographer-

The VIC drama

The booklets were lovely-- many different versions!

Jake taught the class in devotions the song "One Thousand Reasons". We played it on the computer to have accompaniment--and he also related how our six year old grandson sang this song to us in our car while on a trip. His elementary school had this song as their theme for the year so he knew it very well:) The teachers learned the song quickly!