Prekindergarten students learn to recognize changing seasons

As fast as three-year-olds grows to four-year-olds, seasons come and seasons go. That's what prekindergarten students in Jackie Torres, Sherri Miles and Myrna Castro's bilingual classes at Lewisville ISD's Lillie J. Jackson Early Childhood Center are learning. On Nov. 16, teachers put forth an extra effort to ensure students were engaged in profound learning when they took a field trip to Lewisville's Memorial Park. There, students were guided to observe and describe the signs of fall such as leaves on the ground and colors of the landscape.

"Students at this developmental stage learn best from real life experiences," Miles said. "They could not have experienced the changes in seasons in the classroom as they did in real life. Not only did taking them outside help enforce the concept, it stimulated their vocabulary and imagination."

With the help of parent volunteers and Lewisville High School mentors, classes walked to the nearby park.

"We talked about the changes in the trees and leaves, how they feel and the colors," Miles said. "We made huge leaf piles, then pretended the piles were a trampoline and jumped right in."

The field trip translated to fun and mastery of specific learning objectives: communication, teamwork, understanding of a second language, vocabulary and sensory recognition.

Students communicated and worked together to gather leaves in the wheelbarrow and developed sensory recognition skills as they felt grass, leaves and other objects. They used a wide variety of words to label and describe how the trees and leaves looked and felt. And, although English is not the first-language for some students, directions were only given in English. This allowed the students to display their understanding of a new language.

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Updated 12/7/12

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