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Ripple Observation

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On Tuesday, November 15th, 2016, my partner, Brendan D. attended our service learning project at Fulton preschool. The students did not talk considerably considering practically strangers where standing before them. Mrs. McDaniel had told me the students had been learning about shapes, weather, including reciting the alphabet recently. To expand on their knowledge on what they had been taught we thought it was a marvelous idea to incorporate those concepts with our lesson. Warm up began with everyone sitting in an circle including a bowl full of water was placed in the middle. Brendan explained a ripple, how they work, what causes them, etc. We asked the students if they had ever seen a ripple before, all of the kids did not talk, though one student …show more content…

Originally we planned to do different movements instead we decided to have the children come up with their own movement and become whatever kind of bug they needed to be. This was absolutely gladdening to watch and we had a mass of bumble bee’s squirming around the room. I lead the next activity, we created a wave with our bodies. This was similar to the wave seen in a baseball game, except in a line. This activity was not a excellent idea and the students did not understand when it was their turn when being pointed at. If we could change one element about this activity I would have used ribbons or brought in a object that demonstrates a wave. At the end we brought back our bowl concept, the children loved this so much we figured to continue with it for the next lesson. After each student had a turn, we asked them what they could do to be a nicer person furthermore how they could create a ripple in someone else’s life. My favorite quote was when, Emily said, “hug my friend”,in fact, she turned around then hugged her friend with open arms and a enormous grin. This experience was unlike what I imagined it would have been, but it was

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