Go Shopping

This last week I used my class' theme time to allow them to learn on their own. Using my "Go Shopping Cards." I created a set of cards with a food beginning with each letter of the alphabet. Students play like GO FISH, however I only let them have one turn each unlike the original game where if you get a pair you get another turn. My students are 6 year old Korean (5 years old internationally). This is their first year of learning English, now 7 months into the year. It took about 3 times playing the game before they could play mostly on their own -- ALL IN ENGLISH. It is not completely surprising to me, I think the overall success of this year's class is play. Most of the learning I do in my class revolves around play of some sort. This emphasizes my philosophy of learning, that children learn nearly entirely through play.