Help me give my students a chance to be hands-on while at home. With the Cricut Maker, I can create games and activities for my students to learn at home.
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Hooray! This project is fully funded
Hooray! This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My students have not been in school since March 6th. Our area is being hit hard by the coronavirus, and we will be looking at a new stay at home order soon. Whether or not the schools fully open, many of my students will be at home doing virtual learning.
My students learn best through hands-on activities which may prove difficult for the majority in a low-income household.
I send home small games and activities for my kids to get that hands-on learning. My kids need to view learning as fun again not just answering online quizzes. With more preparation time, I have been researching after listening to their input from the spring semester. I think I can make their learning fun at home as we did in school. Fun is the best way to learn!
My Project
This past spring, I struggled to engaged my students. I did receive one-time funding to purchase science kits. I was so excited as were the kids who received the kits, but I soon realized the costs of buying each child individual items! I would not be able to do that for my students this fall.
So many kids would love to learn in a way that is hands-on and fun!
I have learned from many other teachers how to create amazing games and activities using the Cricut.
Puzzles and matching activities can be created from paper and sent to their homes. Kids will be so happy to receive little learning gifts from their teachers.
While studying the body systems, kids will receive small models of bodies with removable organs to learn their structures and functions as well as organelles to arrange within the cell. Then kids can match organs and organelles that have the same function. While studying chemistry, students can work with atoms to create molecules. While studying Earth and Space Science, I will send home parts for kids to create models.
Many teachers are sharing ideas to create amazing learning games created on the Cricut I would love to share with my students.
Once back in the class, we will continue these individual games and activities to prevent the sharing of supplies while protecting students from COVID. I also plan to help kids stay safe by labeling students' masks with their names using vinyl Iron-on. My colleagues and I can create reminders of our safety protocol for their desks, bathrooms, and other areas.
Overall, a Cricut Maker will be an amazing tool to help make learning fun at home and safe while at school!
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