Lately, with my multi-age class of the second round, we started a new project called Science Deprived of sight. In summary, children must build a writing system that can read without seeing. (Here the teacher's guide and guide the student that I modified ).
team decided to use tacks in the box, using the pins to form the letters of the alphabet. The pins are placed in a plastic container for the freezer, you know, the kind of container that can be indicated using a roller to which month of the year we put it in the freezer.
The boy wanted to open the dish comes to me and asks me a serious look: "Does he need a secret code to open the pan? . I replied, in a way just as serious: "Yes. I'll give you the code! You must do the A, J, M J and the other ". With great thoroughness and supervision of other students, he turns the wheel slowly by following my directions. After inline with the last arrow J, it opens the container by saying: "Oh ok! Thank you. "
I'll admit that at this moment, I could not help laughing when explaining why I laughed! What a beautiful simplicity! This is one reason why I love teaching.
