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3 Things That Should Be Involved In
Every School Day
- Designated reading time-literacy and learning skills are important to all children and students in there developmental years. Schools should designate parts of the day to reading. It has been said that reading can help you in many ways. According to “8 Benefits of Reading (or Ways Reading Makes You Better at Life)” your vocabulary can improve your spelling. The site states that “Reading forces us to look at words that we might not have seen or heard recently at the pub. In fact, language in children’s books is likely to be more sophisticated than your average conversation.” Including this reading time into the school day would benefit the student’s grades and self-confidence about reading.
- Mental math time-Mental math time can be challenging but can really get your brain working. As a person who struggles with math, I know the feeling of not knowing simple math to do on more complicated problems. Having a time in the day to set aside all of your other work and focus on simple mental math can benefit your math skills in the future. According to the website The School Run mental math can be defined as “being able to give an answer to a math’s question after thinking about it, rather than making notes on paper, but in school mental math’s skills are expanded to include being able to truly understand math’s concepts and solve problems in a logical, methodical way.” Mental math will benefit students throughout there mathematic career, and provide confidence in their learning ability.
- Outdoor lessons-Some of the most enjoyable times in a child’s life are spent outside. There is something about running around in fresh air that is invigorating to a child. When a teacher decides to have a lesson take place outside joy comes to play for the students. Being outside for a lesson whether it be about nature or another subject is enjoyable (pending weather). According to the EnglishOutdoor Counsel there are multiple benefits to outdoor learning. These benefits include:
- Enhanced personal and social communication skills
- Increased physical health
- Enhanced mental and spiritual health
- Enhanced spiritual, sensory, and aesthetic awareness
- The ability to assert personal control and increased sensitivity to one's own well-being.
Perhaps I'm just out of touch with todays elementary education system (pretty sure I am) but don't these things typically happen in schools? Maybe they don't happen every and that is your point, but I do recall doing each of these things during my elementary days.
ReplyDeleteHowever, to your point as a whole, I completely agree. I think breaking down learning in to simple things like the ones that you mentioned here and repeating them all the time is a great way to learn and reinforce that learning.