Eliot's Travels

When we visited the Freinetschool, the Director took us around to all the classrooms. It was fun seeing the vocabulary words and circle of chairs in each classroom, yet the different subjects and levels. One of the grade 1 classes was learning around a swimming-pool theme - towel, bikini, drying off were some of the vocabulary words with pictures and the Dutch word written. They were actually at a real swimming pool that day. The Director said the next day they may turn the home/kitchen area into a "swimming pool."

A grade 3 or 4 class was studying Iraq because one of their classmates was returning to his home country that week. They were looking at the culture, climate, geography, etc. The class Eliot and I enjoyed most was the grade 8 class studying English. They were reading in a book initially and then repeating English words from an audio tape - the words were things you'd hear in an airport: ticket, airplane, luggage, passport control, arrival. It was funny having a 4-year old who speaks great English watch the 11/12-year olds learn English.

posted by Whitney @ 12:13 AM