Vygotsky and the Three Bears

How do we know when it's just right?  TLW read an article regarding learning theory and connect it to other ideas about which we have discussed and read.

1. As you read, monitor your schema as it related to learning theory.  How is the reading fitting within your pre-existing schema?
2.  Record where:
a.  your understanings are supported.
Children are naturally inclined to want to learn, a positive atmosphere and praise promotes learning and mistakes are ok-they are a part of the learning process, social interaction helps learning, insight gained by listening to others and verbalizing our own thoughts, give tools to learn with that are fun and engaging, challenge at a level that is not overwhelming,celebrate learning that has occurred, language or a story is used to tap existing schema to make learning and assimilation or accomodation easier, not too soft-not too hard-just right or just enough to challenge (like porridge).
b. your understanding are extended.
All higher functions originate as as actual relationships as individuals which infers the early development of schema a little different than I had imagined it, it can be inferred that some of the kindergartners were struggling doing a task that made more sense to others--some may not have been able to put blocks together like others, and the girl didn't understand the number 2, reflection is key to figuring out what is going on with the learners in a classroom-who gets it and who doesn't and where the difficulty may be stemming from.
c. your understanding are challenged.  I didn't really have any challenges with understanding.

A commonly known language (story) that was simple was used to convey the learning theory.  It took advantage of existing schema and added to it.  It also used visuals to make it easier (the three bears, the house, the kitchen, the porridge, similar to the ironing used by Cambourne)  This builds on the previous lesson from Cambourne's Teaching-Learning-Language and reinforces the learning theory.  Using the existing schema made it easier to understand and learn what was being taught by making connections.

Engagement level: 10