{"id":223,"date":"2011-10-06T16:18:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T16:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2011-10-06T16:19:29","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T16:19:29","slug":"understanding-childrens-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Children&#8217;s Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AidanShapes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-224\" title=\"AidanShapes\" src=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AidanShapes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AidanShapes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kidsengineer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/AidanShapes-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>What do you see in the image above?\u00a0 When I do a &#8220;free explore&#8221; exercise with students, I walk around and see what they are drawing.\u00a0 Sometimes, it is apparent what they are drawing, whether it be a more abstract pattern or a specific object.\u00a0 But, in many cases, I assume they are &#8220;just&#8221; messing around.<\/p>\n<p>I happened to have my son Aidan sitting on my lap when I was teaching him how to use the shapes program.\u00a0 He is in Kindergarten and I also do the Shapes free explore lesson in Kindergarten.\u00a0 Looking at his work, I am not sure I would have known the intent of the above drawing without being there.\u00a0 The object on the left is a caribou.\u00a0 We have been listening to a <a title=\"Joan Henry\" href=\"http:\/\/earthsinger.net\/\">Joan Henry<\/a> recording of Native American stories and Aidan has become interested in caribou.\u00a0 The rightmost third of the drawing is a maze and I find the 3 dimensional aspect of the maze interesting.<\/p>\n<p>My point in all of this is that you learn a lot when you take the time to either work with children one on one or ask them about their experiences, which I did in the robotics interviews (see earlier posts).\u00a0 We miss a lot when we don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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