Set of Activities: The tree and our kindergarten - we take photos.
Starting point: the childrens interest in nature, the
tree in the kindergarten playground and the desire of the children to
take photos.
The set follows the situational approach in so far as the desire
to take photos of the flowering tree can be understood as a key situation.
In addition the set is conceived holistically. The children learn something
about nature that surrounds them, they gain new experiences with language,
extend their vocabulary and train their motor skills by
tinkering or learning to keep still when they are holding the camera.
Furthermore their visual
perception is trained. Apart from handling the medium of the camera the
emphasis of this set, however, should be on the understanding of the
scientific-technical bases of a camera! Accordingly, the set is conceived in
such a way that it leads to scientific-technical
content. The nursery school teacher ensures that the children become
active and discover new things. To that extent he / she may
volunteer with his / her own suggestions.
The individual experience situations follow the principle of discovery
learning.
The set should be worked through with a group of 6 children maximum.
It is also conceivable that different groups would work on different
activities.
A kindergarten party with guessing games devised by the children for the
children (guessing photos), and an exhibition of the self-made cameras and
photos can conclude the set of activities!
Activity 1: Effects of light.
Activity 2: Making pretend cameras.
Activity 3: Making a pinhole camera.
Activity 4: A real camera!
Activity 5: Taking photos.
Activity 6: Taking photos for a guessing
game.
Download: tree.zip
Kontakt:
Richard-von-Weizsäcker-Berufskolleg,
Lüdinghausen/Germany
Rvw-bk-lh@kreis-coesfeld.de
