February 10, 2006
Clowns! Elephants! No, wait - school report
In Alan's school, a liaison book is a little booklet in which the teachers record what the children have learnt or will be learning about in school. Today, I found this:
7/2/06 Alan spent a lot of time, and had a lot of fun, making simple circuits with a battery, two wires and a light bulb.Alan: How does this light go on?
Mrs D: We have to make a circuit, what do you think we need?
Alan: We need batteries and we need to put it together.
He connects the battery to the bulb with a white wire.
Mrs D: Now what do we need to do?
Alan: We need to wait.
He waits for a few seconds watching the light bulb.
Alan: Maybe we need the red one.
He replaces the white wire with the red one.
Mrs D: What will happen if we use two wires?
He connects another wire to the battery and bulb without help.
Alan: We have made a circus!
Mrs D: Well done, you have made a circuit.He continued to play for another 5-10 minutes making more circuits.
When we got home, I gave him some of the chocolate cake I had made earlier that afternoon. He sampled (he's not a cake eater) and said:
"Mmmm! Mama, that is the perfect cake."
You gotta love this boy.
Posted by claudia at February 10, 2006 03:37 PMVery nice! Now when do you start him on logic gates? :^)
Posted by: Bernard Guerrero at February 10, 2006 04:52 PMHey, that's a great idea! I am going to try that where I work.
(I have actually gotten much better at being a preschool teacher. I freely admit that so far, the fact pattern they have shown the most retention of was the story of Captain Marvel. Don't judge me.)
Posted by: mike davis at February 13, 2006 04:38 AMDamn, I didn't get to play with circuits until 9th grade physical science.
Posted by: Nat W. at February 14, 2006 03:12 AM