Let Peter Rabbit Play in the Garden: Using Beatrix Potter's Work to Integrate Ecological Literacy into Montessori Classrooms

Autor/in	Johnson, Kelly
Titel	Let Peter Rabbit Play in the Garden: Using Beatrix Potter's Work to Integrate Ecological Literacy into Montessori Classrooms
Quelle	In: Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 26 (2015) 4, S.38-43 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1054-0040
Schlagwörter	Teaching Methods; Elementary Education; Primary Education; Childrens Literature; Montessori Method; Environmental Education; Authors; Profiles; Writing Instruction; Gardening; Reading Instruction; Conservation (Environment); Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementarunterricht; Primarbereich; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Montessori pedagogics; Montessori-Pädagogik; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Author; Autor; Autorin; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Schreibunterricht; Gartenarbeit; Leseunterricht; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
Abstract	Kelly Johnson introduces a series of lessons that incorporate literacy, observation, botany, history, place studies, writing, and art, with a long-term eco-literacy goal of connectedness and a conservation ethic. Johnson's initial idea to use Beatrix Potter as a model in the Lower Elementary classroom came after extensively researching Potter's life as part of her graduate studies. Johnson begins the series of lessons by presenting "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," asking the students if they remember the story. The stories are amazingly versatile, and, by analyzing the writing, the students begin to see the tales as far more than nursery stories--they are animal character glimpses, human nature vignettes, pieces of visual art, and works of literary art. Johnson concludes that when children are allowed free time in nature, as Beatrix Potter was during her childhood summers, they build unbreakable bonds that influence their adult lifestyle choices. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10