What did I learn? Well, I learned that it doesn't matter how much help you have, if you haven't planned well you will not be able to effectively use the help available. I learned that most kids prefer movies to books; I could be wrong, but I really think that the whole thought process behind which better (books or movies) has changed since I was in fourth grade (although I know it wasn't that long ago!). I don't think there is a movie that I enjoy over a book---and even though as a child I lived in a media saturated world, I still had (and have) a great appreciation and enjoyment of the written word. I know that Mustard Seed does an excellent job at making sure that its students are readers and enjoy reading (they have to read one book a week outside of what they are reading in class) however, I think that there is still a greater appreciation for media than your own imagination. Of course this is a broad generalization, but something that I noticed yesterday. I guess that leads me to ask the question, how does/should that affect your teaching style? Should you use more media because it is what they (students) want or should they (students) be forced to read/learn more traditionally without much media. I would imagine the answer is somewhere in the middle, a balance. This makes me wonder how much more media drenched society will be in the next ten years....
The Spring Concert for the Lower School was last night. It went fabulously. I think that heaven will be full of little children singing, because I'm not sure that there isn't anything more precious.
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