Today, I happened by this class to see what was up and while there, I discovered the real teacher hard at work play.
This young teacher (a Pre-K student) was holding a set of cards that had been made for the transportation activity box. Each card had a different color of car on the front along with another set of cards with color words on them…
The “teacher” held up each color word card and asked her very attentive “student” to say the name of the color word on the card then spell the color word out loud…
The “teacher” and her “student” went through each card until every color word had been read aloud and spelled aloud…
After each color word was spelled out loud the “teacher” would then announce – okay let’s sing it! Both the “teacher” and the “student” would then break out and sing a little tune…
“G-R-E-E-N”
“G-R-E-E-N”
“G-R-E-E-N”
And then move on to the next color word…
Normally, I would say that perhaps this approach to teaching is a bit outdated or perhaps not developmentally appropriate and suggest an approach that is more play based or process oriented…
But who am I to interfere when the real professionals are at work play?