In this science worksheet, your child will learn that some objects change shapes when they’re bent, squashed, or stretched and then return to their former shapes. Which stage of life is that? In this science worksheet, your child learns about the life cycle of a dandelion.īend it! Stretch it! Squash it! Skill: Observation Which came first, the seed or the flower? What does this living thing eat? In this science worksheet, your child connects different animals to the food that they eat. Lifelong Kindergarten is not only essential reading for educators trying to cultivate 21st century skills in the classroom it's also a vital resource for anyone-parents, entrepreneurs, artists-interested in the creative mind at work and at play.What does it eat? Skill: Learning about animals
Mitchel Resnick has long been an inspiration to those of us who study the roots of innovative thinking. President & CEO, New York Hall of Science As founder of MIT's Lifelong Kindergarten research group and creator of the programming language Scratch, Mitch Resnick not only illuminates the rich history of scholarship on creative thinking but succeeds in bringing it to life through the experiences and practices of young people around the world. Whether you are a parent, educator, or academic researcher, you will delight in this book. Many of us have danced around this topic but no one has hit the bull's-eye like Mitch Resnick has done.įormer Chief Scientist of Xerox and Director of Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
Lifelong Kindergarten is filled with gems-thoughts about what learning in the 21st century needs to be like, brought to life through evocative and nuanced examples that fire up our own imaginations. This is the book I have been waiting for. By providing young people with opportunities to work on projects, based on their passions, in collaboration with peers, in a playful spirit, we can help them prepare for a world where creative thinking is more important than ever before. Now that your child might have started learning concepts in Math, Science, and English at school, we have designed worksheets to various topics, including tracing the words, finding rhyming words, antonyms, synonyms, addition, word search, sight the words, tracing shapes, color by number, skip counting and much more. He tells stories of how children are programming their own games, stories, and inventions (for example, a diary security system, created by a twelve-year-old girl), and collaborating through remixing, crowdsourcing, and large-scale group projects (such as a Halloween-themed game called Night at Dreary Castle, produced by more than twenty kids scattered around the world). To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively-and the best way to do that is by focusing more on imagining, creating, playing, sharing, and reflecting, just as children do in traditional kindergartens.ĭrawing on experiences from more than thirty years at MIT's Media Lab, Resnick discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning experiences. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society.
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