My students need dramatic play materials including make-believe camping gear, mail carrier supplies, veterinarian supplies, super hero capes, firefighter outfits, magnatiles and books to accompany our class set of puppets.
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My Students
"The kindergarten children are confident in spirit, infinite in resources, and eager to learn. Everything is still possible." ~Robert Fulghum.
My kindergarten class lives in one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the country.
They are 40% English Language Learners and come from diverse backgrounds: Vietnamese, Ethiopian, Somali, Thai, Mexican, African-American and Caucasian. Many of them come to school academically behind national norms, just beginning to identify letters and sounds or write their name. Amazingly though, kindergartners have the ability to catch-up and catch-up quickly with the right resources, time to practice, and instruction.
The diversity and the way these 5 year olds notice and yet don't notice it, is vibrant, entertaining and endearing. All of my students have things in common though. They love to learn. They love to sing. They love to explore and create. As Robert Fulghum stated in the quote above, "everything is still possible".
My Project
Unfortunately, so much of kindergarten today is not the kindergarten we remember. In many ways, today's kindergarten classes are yesteryear's first grade. My students thrive when our activities are truly kindergarten activities and sometimes struggle with the demands of a first grade level curriculum with desk work, standardized tests and building stamina to do "school work".
As I have gotten to know my young learners better, I see how critical it is to carve out spaces for them to express themselves, move, explore, and actively engage in problem solving.
These resources would make it possible to have dramatic play become part of the fabric of our day.
The saying goes that "everything I need to know, I learned in kindergarten". That author wasn't talking about phoneme segmentation, sight word memorization, or even math facts. He was talking about the real kindergarten experience. Playing, exploring, imagining, and singing in a safe space with other children. Learning to engage in and appreciate the world around them with other learners. That critical space is losing ground each year. Please help me bring play, and through it, creativity back to my kindergartners' world. Their imaginations will be forever grateful to you.
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