How does documentation benefit children with different learning styles and needs? How can it be modified to address these differences?
- For most of the children, reviewing this documentation and being able to keep multiple perspectives in mind to inform a new plan, proved very beneficial.
- But, this documentation did not benefit a child with special needs who requires more explicit teaching, and less visual and more kinesthetic input.
Would I do this kind of documentation again, even though it was a lot of work?
- Yes! The documentation serves as a pedagogical tool with content generated by the children, organized by the teacher and reviewed collaboratively to provoke learning. I have used documentation, in different forms, to accompany many different processes/ projects/activities with rich results. I have found that reviewing documentation with the children enhances reflection and planning skills, creative and critical thinking, and problem solving. It also deepens my understanding of the children's learning and skills.
As a result of this process, would children spontaneously begin to incorporate staircases into their block building in general?
Yes, this proved to be the case with many of the children.