Through the Ages

Through the Ages has created some excellent discussions with the children about what are considered valuable or treasures. The best thing has been the variety of things that are or families consider as valuable. Some are material items like spoons, people who are important through to special awards family members have recieved. This has brought about thoughful discussion and the thinking of some being unistructural through to relational and hopefully by the time we get finished there will be extended abstract thoughts.
We read the book Wilfred Gordan MacDonald Partridge and discussed elder family members.
I have found trying to fit the Inquiry in much harder this term especially with other afternoon activities. At the moment we are at different stages some still asking questions and others finding out more information on their family. Some of the children have needed help from home to answer some of the questions they have asked in class and have not come back with the answers.