The Learning Cycle for Young Children

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The Learning Cycle for Young Children

• Science and Math

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Four Processes

• Awareness A broad recognition of objects,
  people, events, or concepts that develops from
  experiences.
• Exploration The construction of personal meaning
  through sensory experiences with objects, people,
  events, or concepts

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• Inquiry Learners compare their constructions
  with those of the culture commonalities are
  recognized, generalizations are made that are
  more like those of adults.
• Utilization At this point in the cycle,
  learners can apply and use their understandings
  in new settings and situations.

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Math Science Are Interrelated

• Fundamental math concepts
• comparing, classifying and measuring are called
  process skills
• when applied to science problems.

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• CONCEPTS ARE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF KNOWLEDGE
  THEY ALLOW PEOPLE TO ORGANIZE AND CATEGORIZE
  INFORMATION

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• It is important that students learn mathematical
  skills and processes with understanding
• What is understanding?

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• Understanding develops through interaction with
  materials, peers, and supportive adults in
  settings where learners have opportunities to
  construct their own relationships when they first
  encounter a new experience.

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Effective Guidance of Discovery Science

• Four Teaching Roles
• Facilitator- creates learning environment
• Catalyst- help children become aware of
  themselves as thinkers and problem-solvers

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• Consultant- observes, listens and answers
  questions
• Model- demonstrates the important traits of
  learners such as curiosity, appreciation,
  persistence and creativity

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MATH CONCEPTS
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Matching One to one Correspondence

• Real things
• Pictures of things symbols and patterns

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• Number and Counting- rote counting reciting
  numbers
• Rational Counting- attaches a numeral name to
  each object being counted

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Classifying and Sorting

• First by one characteristics then by
  multiple characteristics
• Shape
• Color
• Size
• Pattern
• Function

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Comparing

• Informal Measurement
• large small
• big little
• long- short
• fast- slow
• Number
• more - less

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Shapes

• Geometric shapes
• discriminating
• labeling
• sorting
• patterns
• combining to make figures

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• Space
• position
• direction
• distance
• organization and pattern
• construction

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Parts and Wholes

• fractions
• part of things
• dividing sets

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Ordering/Serration

• Place a pattern in one to one correspondence
• Place things in ordered rows on the basis of
  length, width, height or size
• Order by other characteristics such as color
  shades or textures and sound

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Measurementvolume, weight, length temperature

• Plays and imitates- sensorimotor period
• Makes comparisons- semsorimotor period
• Uses arbitrary units- preoperational period

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Time

• Personal time- childs own past, present and
  future
• Social activity- order and routines
• Sequence of predictable events
• Cultural time time fixed by clocks and calendars

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Graphs

• Stage one- use real objects
• Stage two more than 2 items are compared at the
  same time (months/birthdays)
• Stage three- Uses more pictures to graph- no
  need for real objects

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Things to Graph

• Less than
• More than
• Fewer than
• Longer/longest
• Shorter/shortest
• The most
• The least

• The same as
• None
• All
• Some
• Higher
• Taller