21st Century skills
Why do we need 21st Century skills?
Everything is changing children need more individual support every day we get more cultures in our school what is great, it makes our classrooms richer. Because of that we notice that we need skills as being more creative, problem-solving, critical thinking, flexible but that's not only in education, it is necessary in different jobs, situations.
I noticed that we need these skills’ more than ever when I was a trainee in BSB. Children from everywhere in the world come to this school. What means their background is diverse e.g. Here the children come to school from a younger age than in other countries what makes that some children haven’t been in school before so they are on different level or they are not speaking the language yet. So you need to be creative to help and make the children feel comfortable. You will continuous need problem solving thinking. Every year will be different you cannot expect what you did last year with the children that it will work this year, because they have all another story. To create this environment, you need to work together with parent’s and other teachers and you need these 21st Century skills.
I noticed that we need these skills’ more than ever when I was a trainee in BSB. Children from everywhere in the world come to this school. What means their background is diverse e.g. Here the children come to school from a younger age than in other countries what makes that some children haven’t been in school before so they are on different level or they are not speaking the language yet. So you need to be creative to help and make the children feel comfortable. You will continuous need problem solving thinking. Every year will be different you cannot expect what you did last year with the children that it will work this year, because they have all another story. To create this environment, you need to work together with parent’s and other teachers and you need these 21st Century skills.
Inspiring activity "The ladybird"
Instructions: Get into groups of 3 and discuss about who you are and what you like. Try to draw at least 5 things you have in common into the dots of the ladybird! The legs of the ladybird are for the facts about you that are unique within your group.
Reflection: This activity teaches the students to respect and appreciate the others. It helps them to realize we all have something unique but on the other hand also something in common. From the point of the language, they need to communicate to full fill the task so they develop their speaking skills.
Stimulate creative thinking "Incomplete Figures"
You give the children a shape and they need to complete it and find as many ways they can. Or you give different incomplete lines like in the example below. What do they see? Discuss with the children afterwards and compare their drawings. This activity is to stimulate the children’s creativity and imagination.
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