Many of you have been on the receiving end of a gift made from items found in the Treasure Centre. Or have been tasked with packing home a raggedy box with various recycled things lovingly coloured and cut and haphazardly stuck to it. The Treasure Centre is one of the best loved and most requested free choice centres in our room. Children need plenty of opportunities for creative play and creative thinking. It's important to provide children lots of time to explore materials and pursue their ideas. This includes time to think about how to plan, design, construct, experiment and revise project ideas either on their own or with others and the Treasure Centre provides that. The creativity at the Treasure Centre is the result of the children's ideas and is not directed by an adult, which fosters the children's abilities to express themselves. Creativity is the freest form of self-expression and the critical thinking skills, collaboration, communication, flexibility and creative problem-solving abilities used during this time are great for Team Awesome's development. The Treasure Centre is an example of 21st century learning at its best!
"The worst conversation adults can have with kids about race is no conversation at all,” says author Jemar Tisby. “Talking to kids about race needs to happen early, often, and honestly.”
In a new episode of Home School, The Atlantic’s animated series about parenting, Tisby offers advice on how to have a conversation with children about race, from experiential learning to watching classic animated films. |
