Happy Spring Break! See you on the 5th of April! STEAM Week!
Unit of Inquiry - World Without the Sense of Sight We continued our inquiry into world without the sense of sight. Our teacher gave us a provocation where she asked us to read a book with a blindfold on. We were unable to do it! We started using our thinking skills to try and solve the problem. Some of our thoughts were: "Someone can read to you if you cannot see the words" "Maybe if the words were raised and bumpy you could feel the letters" What a wonderful idea! We made 3D bumpy letters of our names and then tried to guess the names we were feeling with blindfolds on. After that, we learned about a real system called "braille" that helps people read through the sense of touch. We also discussed other ways for people who were blind could get around Singapore, such as following the bumpy paths on the ground and listening to the sounds at the crosswalk so they knew when it was safe to walk.
We went for a walk around our school to see if we could find anything to help people get around without the sense of sight and we couldn't find much. This made us want to take action in case someone who was blind visited our campus, so we created a braille sign for our Kindergarten classroom.
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