Week 3 Reading Reflection

The reading from week 3 did not offer any new information, but it was a nice review. It did spur me to open a developmental theory textbook and review Piaget, Kami, and Werner in context of my kinders. My little bit of re-research highlighted that kindergartners

•  are egocentric, and their interactions with people and view of space are dominated by this fact.
• have a blind obedience to rules imposed by adults (ha-ha).
• consider objects full of life and feeling.
• learn best when learning is part of active discovery.
• experience cognitive developments can be best described as metamorphoses. Young children do not think in the same way as older children and adults.

This leads me to a big question that I have about our class text. It focuses on middle and high school students, but I am working with a different set of creatures. How can teachers structure meaningful art making for younger students?