Essential Supplies

     "When I began my journey to become an educator, the first truth I was taught about child development was that language is caught, not taught. Children learn from their environment – what they see, hear, smell, touch, taste and feel. With the proper guidance, who’s to say that they can’t continue learning in this manner? This truth has been taught out of children and parents alike" (Levi-Sanchez). What Levi-Sanchez is saying is exactly right. When children are young, they learn from example. They learn the same in school. A lot of children are hand on learners when they are in kindergarten and first grade. They learn how a bunny feels, by feeling its fur. They learn that boulders are heavy by picking them up. They learn that yellow and green paint mixed together makes blue, by physically mixing them together. Kids need to visually see things because they are going to comprehend it better when they are shown. 

     We need administrators to really look into what a classroom needs based on how children learn the easiest.  Not providing a kindergartner with crayons, or not giving 6th graders graph paper to graph their problems in math is hurting the students.  I have service learning in an urban school in East Lansing.  Teachers have to use money out of their pocket to by supplies that the school hasn't provided them.  Teachers are frustrated that their students don't have flash cards for math learning games.  These supplies are essential to a students learning experience, and something needs to be done.  Administration needs to realize that what teachers are asking for for their students is important and needs to be taken care of.

Source:
Zdanowicz, Christina, and Jareen Imam. "Why They Teach despite It All - CNN.com."CNN. Cable News Network, 01 Jan. 1970. Web. 10 Oct. 2012. <http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/14/us/why-teachers-stay-ireport/index.html?iref=allsearch>.