Today is…Tuesday Feb 8 2011
So, what kind of learning goes on in the homeschooling environment when the teacher is sick?
Well (from playing with blocks pdf),
Through their play with diaper boxes large blocks, children develop physically in the areas of large motor skills and eye hand coordination. Cognitive skills are enhanced as the children experiment with balance, structure, design, size and shape.
Social skills develop as children share, cooperate and discuss ideas to accomplish their building goals. The children also experiment, problem-solve, and achieve a sense of accomplishment.
Other learning that takes place as children have fun with blocks, involves learning about size and shapes-parents can introduce new words such as rectangle, square, triangle. A lesson on gravity takes place naturally when stacked blocks fall. Math skills are introduced as you count and talk about concepts of bigger and smaller.
So, essentially, my kids have been stacking diaper boxes for the last two days.
But in a much more educational sense.