N1 students explored and used WhatsApp to send and receive messages from their teacher, who has been absent due to a surgery. They have been in communication with her, sending good wishes and telling her all about their winter vacation.
Children have learned a new way of communication and have used technology to be close to their teacher.
PK5 students have been learning about winter, the animals that live in the Arctic and the Antarctica, and the type of clothes we can use for cold weather. For this project children engaged in many different activities, made winter crafts and checked out books from the library to learn more about Arctic and Antarctic animals, icebergs and snow.
We set up an environment with music and animal sounds, winter/snowy photos on the SMART Board and some paper puppets for students to explore this topic further.
We set up an environment with music and animal sounds, winter/snowy photos on the SMART Board and some paper puppets for students to explore this topic further.
To finalize this project, children used the Google Cardboard viewers to experience virtual reality and get immersed in a journey full of fun environments and experiences in the Arctic!
Some of their comments were:
- Matías: "Wow! Mira hay un lobo! Hola lobo, hola pájaro!, Miss no me escuchan!"
- Eduardo: "Yo pensé que los pájaros iban a comerme!"
- Julián: "Y yo que me iba a caer de esa montaña!"
- Elena: "¿Si se ve de verdad, ó se ve sólo en el teléfono?”
- Nathalia: “Miss es como si estuviéramos ahí adentro!”
- Francisco: “Oh que cool, estoy adentro!, Estoy en el mar! Mira esas aves me llevan a algún lado!”
- Sebastián: “¿Pero si es de verdad?”
- Carlos: “Yo creo que sí porque salió una ballena y cuando saltó me mojo!”
- Sebastián: “Pero mira tócate la camisa, no está mojada.”