Thematic Approach - Child Centered Approach to Learning
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In education what is a thematic approach? Child centered approach to learning is a good way to describe it.
01:08 Thematic Learning
02:39 My Thematic Education
03:33 Cross Curriculum
04:09 Thematic Curricula: Moving Beyond the Page
04:26 Real Life Thematic Approach
06:08 Cross Curricular Teaching
06:38 Child centred approach
08:01 Thematic Element
09:27 Love to Learn
09:40 Help with Thematic Learning
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What a great video on thematic learning! I'm sure teachers that have never explored this concept will find it useful! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for saying that!!
Thank you so much for posting this!. New teacher here, and I think this approach would be perfect for years 1-3 and especially for kids with learning difficulties.
Thank you so much for this break down, I was lost at first and now I understand Thank you again.
Amazing presentation!
I am so glade i came across your video. i love it.I am currently new to home schooling in Australia. i would love to become familiar with making teaching fun with my two children. one is in grade three and the other is in grade five. i am finding it a little challenging teaching my two childrens with different levels of learning. Your help is much appreciated.
Good lesson.
I love how you teach. Thanks for doing a well detailed analysis.
Thank you
haha you're right I did freak out earlier not until I found this video. I appreciate and I am grateful. Thanks I understand our lesson now❤️❤️❤️
Can I ask for themes ma'am? If you have ideas... thanks in advance
Thank you so much for your videos. Just love this idea of teaching just never had guts to do this in my homeschool. This week we started learning this way and he loves school so much better. Thank you so much for sharing
thank you so much for letting me know. I hope it continues to be great for you!
loved the way you explained
I really enjoyed your video and it has motivated me to continue to be innovative when it comes to thematic learning. I have been teaching via thematic units throughout my teaching career. I also strongly believe that there is value in the linear progression of subject specific content within the curriculum. I find a balanced approach is necessary to ensure children are inspired with their learning but also achieve the skills/knowledge needed within the limited time they have in a school. My next topic is Castles and Knights, I would appreciate any ideas. Many thanks. :-)
Thank you for your thoughts and comments. I know what you mean about a balanced approach. It is hard when you do have limited time in school. Castles and Knights sounds like fun! I would definitely go for designing castles or building them. I remember making marshmallow catapults out of milk cartons when I had a class of mostly boys and they loved it. Have a "Knight School' and each child can name themself, design their own shield, and together they can come up with their own code of conduct (very important for Knights). Not knowing the age of the children, I can't fully recommend any books, but I know that there are some great ones out there on knights, esp when it comes to fighting dragons! If the weather is nice, I would make forts outside and play "capture the flag" (knights in teams of course). Those are a few ideas off the top of my head. I am sure many more will pop into my head as I go about the rest of my day. Sounds like a great unit. I would love to teach something along those lines.
I really appreciate and enjoy your video and it is really motivated. Is holistic approach and to thematic approach same strategy?
The terms holistic and thematic can be used interchangeably. Though I tend to say I have a holistic approach to my girls' education (meaning we do a wide variety and incorporate everything) but I'll also do thematic studies, meaning we pick a theme (like dinosaurs) and all lessons are about them. I hope that helps.
I wish I had had a teacher like you growing up!
I would love to do this with my son. He is a teen and loves ants. Other than incorporating Geography (Where different species lived), do you have any other ideas? Or good unit studies/curriculums evolving around ants? Also, he is amazing at science!
For my daughter, she isn't as focused in on anything particular. She doesn't exactly enjoy learning anything nor does she get stuck on any one subject. She's more about getting everything done quickly (not deep dives). She is in middle school & is constantly listening to music.
Curriculums, unit studies, or ideas?
Thank you for your comment.
For your son - check out Teachers Pay Teachers. You can find some good ant unit studies on there for really low cost. There will also be some other great science units. If I were to do one, I would look at ants around the world, the different kinds of ants and how they function, comparisons between different ants, how they are important to the eco-system and what would happen if we didn't have ants.
For your daughter, maybe a way to get her involved is to do a unit study on music. What are the different styles of music? How did we end up with rhythms and blues/jazz/hip hop/ etc.? Music around the world - instruments, style, etc. How does music make you feel? How can we incorporate music and art? Something like that.
These are great ideas! Thank you!!
Hi,i really love how you teach,how do i use it in physical education
thank you I want to try this for my learners soon.
You can do it! I hope you have fun with it.
Hello dear! My boss told me to look for thematic learning and the first video I played was this one, so thank you so much. Could you please suggest some topics for 40-year-old learners (b2)?
Thank you for your comment! If you have 40 year old B2 learners.... Topics that are good are hobbies, jobs/careers, holidays and public days. You can easily do something around the theme you are learning....so if you are doing shopping, you can do a theme about foods around the world.
Thank you for this great video. Can you give me some ideas of how to link between English and science? I am using "The Little Red Hen" book.
Hi, I just watch your video and really love the way you make it easy to understand about Thematic learning. My topic is on insects how can I put together a curriculum with that topic?
When it comes to insects you could have a lot of fun. What age group?
Find picture books/stories about insects, go on a nature walk and see what you can find. Research different insects in different countries. What are the weirdest insects out there? Do artwork where you draw/paint insects, or make them with different craft supplies. If younger grades, have all your math have to do with counting, sorting, grouping insects. You could make "Ants on a log" - celery sticks with peanut butter (or non allergy nut butter) and raisins, or another fun item (just google search "insect snacks for kids" or something similar). Write stories about the insects in your yard - or "If I had a pet insect". Does this help? I hope so. But feel free to reply with the age of the class and I may be able to be more specific. Don't forget to go to a nature museum or something similar if you can.
Thank you
Wow I really learnt something from your video....it was very informative and clear.....but can you provide some information on problem solving approach in teaching Social Studies.... thank you
I do not know how I missed this comment earlier.... Let me get back to you on problem solving in social studies.
Hi! I love your video ❤️ I am a newly qualified teacher in England and teaching Year 1 (6-7 year olds) and wanting to do this with a beach theme maybe - I just don’t know how I would incorporate maths into this and I was wondering if you have any ideas ☺️
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. If you are going to incorporate math into a beach theme, why not count shells or fish or any other sea creatures you might see at a beach. You could have trays of sand and bury shapes to be found, or small plastic fish. Make a fishing bucket, where you have fish with numbers written on them and magnets attached and have fishing poles with magnets. When your students work out the sum, they have to try and catch the fish in the bucket with the correct answer. I hope those ideas might help. I have more but don't want to inundate you.
Ma'am, can you give me an idea for the thematic topic clothing?
That was an inspiring video! Thank you for sharing it! I am a preservice teacher and I have just learn about this approach. I am confusing little bit about weather we have to focus on achieving one instructional objective within the different disciplines or we have to establish different objectives for each discipline while applying the thematic learning?
Sorry about the delay. For me, when I am using the thematic approach I usually have one key instructional objective that can apply across the subjects. I am also aware of the skills required in English or Math, etc. If you tried to have an instructional objective for all disciplines, you would spend more time working out what they are. I tend to do an overarching one, for example: The children will learn each part of the life cycle of the butterfly and will be able to communicate the different stages. This will be done through reading, research, exploration in nature, observation and collaborative communication.
Does that help?
@@LearningLifeMB Yes! The view is much clearer now. Thank you!
Hope you all the best in your educational journey. I like the passion you have towards teaching.
I love teaching and I am trying to do things differently which Is why I love this idea of the but the question is that is it applicable to k1 or k2 grades?
Sorry I missed your comment earlier. You can definitely do the thematic approach to K1 or k2. In fact, this is how I prefer to teach the younger grades.
I love thematic teaching and learning,! Loved your video. Could you please tell me if a thematic curriculum or cross-curriculum can be fruitful for secondary school students and college students as well and to what extent if you have experienced it? Thank you
Thanks for your comment. I do think that you can do thematic curriculum for secondary and college, but sadly most schools are not set up to do that. They tend to keep every class to its subject. I experienced it a bit in college when I was doing my teacher's training because they wanted us to see how subjects can work together. It would take teachers working together to pull it off in upper levels....but you could combine Geography (pick a country), history (learn the history of the country), science and tech (have they had any technological or medical advancements in this country?), English/literature (read stories and poems from authors of this country or stories about this country), foreign language (learn the language of this country).Does that help?
thank you for your reply :) It has given me hope to continue my journey of designing a thematic curriculum. I do understand it's a lot of hard work considering the distribution of collected content on a single theme among different grades etc, but the dream is so fascinating that the only option now is to turn it into a reality! Have a good day.
How can a demonstrate a religious education theme using thematic approach?
Hi how can I demonstrate the thematic approach...
Hi I really enjoyed your video. I am currently doing a teacher training course in which I have to make Thematic project for Primary Class on the following two topics. tropical rainforest and Egypt - the land of Pharaohs. I want to know how to integrate it with other subjects . Also how can it be integrated with music
Hi there. Thank you for your comment. Here are some ideas for you.
Tropical Rainforest:
- what animals can you find in the rainforest? what do they look like? sound like? etc. (science)
- the ecosystem of the rainforest (science)
- where you find rainforests in the world, what countries have rainforests (social studies)
- math: you can have some fun sheets with finding animals, or if it is an older class you can incorporate calculations on size of the rainforest or what would happen if we keep cutting down trees
- music: you could explore bird sounds and then try to recreate them with different instruments. Depending on which country you might focus on with the rainforest, you could make an instrument from that area or listen to music from that region
- do rainforest paintings with watercolor
Egypt:
- science and tech: explore the inventions of the ancient Egyptians (paper, makeup, etc)
- Mummies and Pyramids: history
- make your own mummy (using clay for the body and then wrapping in strips of cloth)
- writing in hieroglyphs
- music: study instruments of modern and ancient Egypt. Make some from household items
- art: paint on papyrus
- cooking: try different foods ancient egyptians liked to eat - dates, figs, lentils, etc. Make ancient egpytian emmer bread (aka tomb bread)
I hope those ideas help. These are just a few I came up with in a few minutes. Let me know if you need more.
@@LearningLifeMB Thank you so much… These are quite helpful
I desperately need you help. I'm a 4th grade teacher and I want to try this approach with a Religious Education theme. Any suggestions?
Hi there! So when you say a religious education theme, are you talking about the entire theme being on Religion (as in religion around the world, or what do people believe?, ect.) or do you want to add religious education to the unit? I just want to clarify so I can best help you. I have many ideas in my head right now, but I want to go down the right path.
who are thematic team?
I wishes I head a like you?
But know got one!
The way you teach is really eulogizing...
The way you teach is really eulogizing...
thank you