The Year in Review
Do you remember being a kid and the feeling you had knowing you would be going on a field trip? Do you remember how fun it was especially if you went on a field trip that had a hands-on component and maybe someone leading it that was full of energy and excitement about the topic? This is what we are bringing into each elementary classroom.
We are very proud of our Keane Hands-on Learning program and during our 3rd year, it served every one of the 1800+ elementary students in 87 classrooms. Students were encouraged to investigate and that ‘Mistakes are Magic’.
Check out these great pictures and what the teachers in the elementary schools are saying about the program!
My students love the “scientist” that comes. They remember what they did in Kindergarten a year later.
The children retained their learning when we studied forces and motion in the classroom.
The students talked about Andrea’s visit well after she came!!! They also remembered her from the year before and what they did in kindergarten!
Yesterday was our last day of school and we ended with a closing circle where we all shared our favorite first-grade memories. A bunch of my students shared the Keane in-school field trip!
I have a special needs child who absolutely loved this in-school field trip. She gets overstimulated very easily and cannot handle changes in her schedule, so an off-campus field trip would be very difficult for her. This child was able to participate in every activity of this hands-on experience and was also able to take the breaks she needed. It was so neat to see her enjoying herself! She loved the flashlights and bubbles!
After the lesson, the kids are like that’s so cool, wow my bubble monster is so big. They also commented about the lights and how they are transparent with some things. So hearing the language is so cool.
The kids squealed with excitement when I did the end-of-the-year slideshow, and they saw the pictures of themselves experimenting with flashlights and making bubble monsters!! Who knew one little flashlight could be so much fun?!? Several students wrote in their Memory Books that making “bubble monsters” was the highlight of their year!
