DRIVING QUESTION:

How can we design and share a set of activities for kids to do at home while their parents are working?

Overview

Today, parents/teachers find a way to give children kind, helpful and specific feedback. Watch the video below to gain some insights into how to build a positive culture for giving and receiving feedback. The goal is for children to reflect on their current draft and make a few improvements based on feedback. Remind children that nothing is perfect and everything can be improved upon.

Key Questions

• How can I make my work better? 

• How can I make sure that I clearly explain the directions of how to use it? 

Project Work Time: Critique and Revision

Provide feedback about your child’s project. If you are a parent and your child has older siblings, they might also be involved. If multiple children are doing this project simultaneously (for example, in a class), they could video chat and describe their work thus far and give one another feedback. Have children talk through their ideas, directions and/or rules to see if they are clear.  Use the checklist below to help children assess their own product and make adjustments as needed.

As children reflect on their work and make changes, consider supporting them by asking these possible questions:

• What might help children to clarify ideas? Perhaps a friend, sibling or a parent can act out the steps as they are described.

  • Are any of the steps confusing?

  • How could you say this in another way to make it really clear for other kids? 

• Review the importance of giving specific directions (Funny youtube video)

• Ask: what might you add? What might you change? 

• Consider using the following sentence frames: “I like…” (something the other person likes about the project.) “I wonder..” (a question the child has about the project) “I have….” (an idea the other child has to share). 

After providing feedback, provide time for children to revise their work. If they are creating something that others might want to see done in stages, consider having your child make their craft or activity to varying degrees of completion.  For example, if they are going to paint a ladybug on a flat rock, they might need 3 rocks. The first rock would be painted red. The second rock red with dots and the third rock red, with dots, and with googly eyes attached. Consider taking photos or making drawings of each step as the project goes on.  If they are making google slides, they should revise per the suggestions.

Checking for Understanding

Check to make sure children incorporate one or two pieces of feedback into their revised product. 

Share Your Progress

Take a photo of your child’s revision (before and after) and post to Facebook.