My Learning Journey

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	Advanced
	Age: 4-7
	This is a whole-year project.
	Children develop an awareness of learning paths. They learn that they can achieve goals through their own effort, practice and persistence. They develop an awareness that other people can help us during the learning process.
	Flexibility Wellbeing Communication Growth mindset Managing learning
	Cognitive task Conversation
	Collage paper Scissors Glue Markers Crayons Paper (thicker craft paper) Magazines for cutting out pictures

Preparation

Prepare collage and thicker paper for the activity, and collect a selection of magazines for cutting out images.

Implementation

Invite the children into a circle of friendship and ask them what they would like to learn and who can help them with it. Explain that they will make a poster with their wishes for learning.

Children make their own pictures of what they want to learn using collage paper, cutting out pictures from magazines, or drawing. After that, they paste their works on a large hammer paper as a joint poster.

Start a discussion on how they can achieve what they want and who can help them do this.

Write the children's statements in the cloud or field next to the picture they created.

Reflection

Over time, return to the poster with the children and talk about how their learning is progressing.

Discuss questions such as:

Who is helping you learn new things?
What difficulties have you encountered?
How do you feel when something is hard?
Do you ask for help? Who has helped you so far?

Add new pictures, drawings, or photos to the poster to illustrate each child’s learning journey and growth.

Variations and Additional Ideas

Movies, fairy tales, and stories for children about success and difficulties encountered along the way.

Stories about the success of famous people and scientists and the difficulties that arose along the way.

Ask parents and grandparents to share their experiences about their learning journey and how they solved problems along the way.