blog post 9

I watched the practicum where they were listening to Mrs. Sharon talk about her chair to the kids. The kids had very general questions like, “what happens when it breaks”, “how old where you when you got it”, “where did you get it from”, and where did you get the pumpkin head”. The students eventually got sidetracked from talking about the chair to talking about the material that was in the chair. It was stated that the students have been studying chairs and the different types of chairs. So, the students were able to provide a little bit of knowledge that they have learned with Mrs. Sharon. I thought it was neat that one of the children mentioned chairs about people with a disability. Nothing is to advance for a child and it's amazing how big their minds think.I haven’t really noticed from the practicum videos how research in the classroom happens, however from my first day of observation I noticed that their research starts off by a sole topic or object being announced and then the children begin to create questions about that one thing. The teacher will pull up a picture or video of that thing to give the children a glimpse of what is happening and or what it looks like. The role of dramatic play has in inquiry is promoting development. The teachers mediate ongoing inquiry to promote the development of understanding that is dialogic and critical as well as conceptual in addition to promoting the acquisition of factual knowledge or the development of skills. It allows the children to act out scenarios that they have seen or heard in real life, giving them an important emotional outlet. It is a chance for children to explore their own thoughts and their own feelings. This is important because it allows the children to better develop ideas and essential questions about whatever that they are researching.