Help me give my students the ability to create, use their imagination, develop fine and gross motor skills with their very own set of jumbo Lego blocks to build during virtual learning at home.
This project is part of the Black History Month celebration because it supports a Black teacher or a school where the majority of the students are Black.
My Students
The best word I can use to describe my scholars is resilient. I teach in a Public Charter School in Northeast Washington D.C. where our school is surrounded around poverty. Literally they can walk out the school door and see violence and drug abuse. Despite their surroundings, and sometimes meager living conditions they come to class everyday with such a spirit of love, perseverance, and bravery. They are eager to learn, they are adaptive, and they keep going in the face of adversity.
During this pandemic these characteristics have shown more than ever.
For a lot of students our physical classroom is almost like their sanctuary. A place of safety, stability, and love. However, the absence of their security has not stopped them from being fully engaged virtually, showing kindness, and most of all learning. They come to class with great big smiles, questions about themes we are learning about, and most of all they love to share. They often make me forgot about the the issues of our nation with a simple " I love you Mrs. Bassil". These are my students that I call my "little resilient ones"!
My Project
As an early childhood educator we all know playing with blocks help children develop their vocabularies, improves math skills and even teaches them about gravity, balance and geometry. However in this virtual space children are being robbed of acquiring some of these essential skills through play. Providing individual Lego sets in their homes will allow them to increase attention span, develop self esteem, and strengthen fine and gross motor skills. Building with blocks provides one of the most valuable learning experiences available for young children and we would love for them to have these experiences despite virtual learning.
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