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 21st Century Curriculum Expo
Friday, May 16, 2008
Location: Kean University
Join us as we celebrate the wonderful new world of education. Watch us as we explore education at its best. Learn about fresh ideas that will make your program excting for your students. Take a peek into 21st Century Learning. Registration Assistance 1-800-565-5789 (Details)
Teacher Training Institutes
NJN is excited to offer Teacher Training Institutes to help Early Childhood Educators access multi-media tools that incorporate video into instructional themes and show how to apply the principles of the PBS Ready to Learn Learning Triangle (View, Read, Do). For a demonstration, try these sample lessons.
| Sample Lesson #1
View:
Dragon Tales: Small Time
 Watch Online
Max and Emmy chase their kickball into a patch of shrinking violet flowers. Suddenly, they find that the flowers have caused them to shrink. The doodle fairy helps them by telling the dragon what has happened through her drawings.
Read:
Krauss, Ruth. The Carrot Seed
Polacco, Patricia. Babushka's Doll
Do:
When the children shrink in the garden, to them, it seemed that everything was larger. Talk about the small things that can be found in a garden. Also ask your child about some of the larger things that might be found. |
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| Sample Lesson #2
View:
Reading Rainbow: Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Watch Online
This is a cumulative rhyme relating how a young African boy brought rain to the drought-stricken Kapiti Plain.
Read:
Aardema, Verna. Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain
Martin, Bill & Archambault, John. Listen to the Rain
Otto, Carolyn. That Sky, That Rain
Prelutsky, Jack. Rainy, Rainy Saturday
Do:
Do raindrops come in different sizes? Have your child try collecting a few to find out.
You will need:
• a box lid or tray
• flour
• ruler
• flour sifter
Directions:
1. Have child put flour in the lid or tray.
2. Use a ruler to level off the flour
3. Hold the lid outdoors on a rainy day to collect some drops in the flour tray.
4. Let the drops dry.
5. Carefully pour the flour through the sifter.
6. Look at the sizes of the raindrop pellets. |
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| Sample Lesson #3
View:
Curious George Flies a Kite
Watch Online
A gusty morning at the country house leads George to experiment with aerodynamics. In the wind, birds soar, ping-pong balls roll, and bricks don't move at all. But the best thing of all for a windy day is a kite. George, with the not-so-willing assistance of Jumpy Squirrel, discovers the wonders and the perils of kite flying.
Read:
Asch, Frank and Devin Asch. Like a Windy Day
Branley, Franklin M. Air Is All Around You
Cobb, Vicki. I Face the Wind
Dorros, Arthur. Feel the Wind
Ehlert, Lois. Leaf Man
Ets, Marie Hall. Gilberto and the Wind
Hutchins, Pat. The Wind Blew
Lin, Grace. Kite Flying
Simon, Seymour & Nicole Fauteux. Let's Try It Out in the Air
Do:
Make a Kite
http://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/parentsteachers/activities/pdf/CGDG_04_science.pdf | |
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