Child development has recently been learning how children play and how this shapes the child into who they are.
During this week’s class, child development teacher Amy Shonka set up ten stations to test the students’ knowledge of the different methods of play.
“It was a lot of fun getting to go around the room with a bunch of different stations,” senior Mickey Martinez said.
These stations put students to the test of whether the activities they participated in were fine motor skills or gross motor skills.
“The stations helped me learn the difference between the two skills,” Martinez said.
The stations consisted of a variety of different children’s activities, ranging from making puppets to a photo booth with props.
These stations had a goal of not only learning but also teaching students how to be a child again.
“It helped me tap into my inner child,” junior Elena Mastel. “I liked how we could move at our own pace and talk to friends.”
Students report it being a more natural way of learning. It also provided an opportunity for the students to be hands-on with exactly what they were learning.
“The stations were a change of pace compared to the rest of my classes,” Mastel said. “It takes away a lot of the structure, but I still learned all of the curriculum.”
