The Donut House

Never put a limit on a child's ability to understand. After reading this article I realize that children can comprehend more than adults think. This article was about applying real world literacy into the classroom. A urban kindergarten class created their very own donut house in their classroom. What made this activity so spectacular is that the children went through the real-life process of starting a business to start their donut house. The teacher set up a trip for them to go see how donuts are made, they wrote letters to banks for funding, had a building expection, etc. Once the project was done students "felt a sense of accomplishment after they had worked toward and achieved their goal". This type of 'real-life' learning allows the student to feel like their doing something that matters in the world. I know we can all remember the times when we were little asking the teacher if what we were learning would ever be used in the real world...creating lessons that are built around real-life situations ensures that the answer to that question can be yes!