Today we went to the Iowa Children's Museum in Coralville. It's a place for kids to have fun and learn interactively. The Museum has several permanent exhibits, and a rotating one. The permanent exhibits were City Works and Kuppet Kingdon, as well as physics, agriculture, and construction exhibits. Their current rotating exhibit is Children Just Like Me, a multicultural exhibit exploring children's lives around the world.
My preferred method of teaching/learning is to be immersed in an environment where everything necessary for learning is made available for discovery. In my opinion, the best way to learn is by making discoveries, therefore the best way to teach is to step back and let that happen, to guide rather than preach. At the Children's Museum, all the tools are there, through role playing kids teach each other, and assessment is easily accomplished by simply observing.
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