Help me give my students a sand and water table to help explore science in my classroom.
$459 goal
This project expired on July 30, 2020.
This project expired on July 30, 2020.
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 are creative thinkers, problem-solvers, dreamers, and achievers. They are curious about learning, and they show incredible wonder about everyday experiences that we take for granted.
Our classroom is designed to show deep respect for children as individuals.
My students have their own ideas, concerns, questions, thoughts, dreams, beliefs, and more. Children at this age are learning about who they are as people, and how they as people fit into larger systems such as family, school, community, and humanity. Each child comes from an individual family, with individual belief systems, customs, and values. My students come from a variety of diverse backgrounds, bringing their traditions, cultures, and values into our classroom, teaching all of us about themselves.
My students are teachers. I am constantly learning through them. They teach me about the names of a variety of bugs, the height of the tallest building in the world, and how the planets revolve around the sun due to gravity. They will continue to teach me even after they have left my classroom.
My Project
I am a new Kindergarten teacher, and in my classroom, we focus on giving the children access to a variety of developmentally appropriate and beautiful materials to choose from to create their own learning. We follow the Reggio philosophy in that children deserve beautiful, calming spaces to learn in.
This sand and water table is not only a beautiful learning space, but it also connects well to our integration of science.
It will be a space for the children to experiment with color-mixing, freezing and melting, chemical reactions (vinegar and baking soda), and many more experiments!
This area will also be used for sensory needs of all students. Everyone has different sensory needs, and right now we do not have a space to meet the need for sensory play. This area would be highly useful for those with sensory needs.
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