Recording Observations | Learning To Read | NPT3
11/5/2021 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Journaling observations from nature is a creative way to practice writing skills .
Having kids write down what they observe in nature is a creative way for them to practice writing skills and learn to journal. Encourage critical thinking by asking them to be more descriptive with their writing. Do they see anything new? Has it changed? Why has it changed? Keeping a journal will also help you both to see how your child's skills grow over time.
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Learning to Read is a local public television program presented by WNPT
Funding for LEARNING TO READ is provided by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Recording Observations | Learning To Read | NPT3
11/5/2021 | 1m 4sVideo has Closed Captions
Having kids write down what they observe in nature is a creative way for them to practice writing skills and learn to journal. Encourage critical thinking by asking them to be more descriptive with their writing. Do they see anything new? Has it changed? Why has it changed? Keeping a journal will also help you both to see how your child's skills grow over time.
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- [Boy] All right.
- Kids love technology, but most also love nature.
My wife and I homeschool our children, and we're always looking for unique ways to work on writing skills.
(wood crunching) And what do you find there?
- Holes.
- What do those holes indicate to you, boys?
What do you- - (boys together) Termites?
- Termites, that's right.
It's easy to incorporate the outdoors in our lessons on literacy.
Having my kids write down what they observe in nature is a creative way for them to practice those skills and learn to journal.
After I asked her a few questions about what they noticed outside, we take it a step further and have them write it down.
All right, boys, write your journals.
To encourage critical thinking skills, I asked them to write a bit more.
Do they see anything new?
Has it changed at all?
And then I ask them to explain why has it changed?
- It looks like, tastes like, and smells like an onion.
- [Father] Then you can eat it, that's right.
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