This week I had the opportunity to complete this assignment with my coaches seven year old daughter Reagan. When Reagan was born she was found to be missing a letter in her chromosome chain CTNNB1. Since she is missing one of these letters she has deficits in her brain that affect every lobe in her brain except for er temporal lobe. Reagan experiences difficulty with spinal mobility, speaking, writing, memory, and has trouble with he eyes focusing.
During this assignment I gave Reagan 4 different colors of play dough for the 4 different lobes of the brain. After getting all the colors in the right place she wanted to make ridges in the brain to look like the veins in the image from the computer. Throughout the activity I asked Reagan what part of the brain controlled her sight and memory and movements. She had very fun with the movements section because she loves karate. I loved this assignment because it allowed me to think of different ways to simplify and explain things to her, and I think that Reagan also had a lot of fun!
During this assignment I gave Reagan 4 different colors of play dough for the 4 different lobes of the brain. After getting all the colors in the right place she wanted to make ridges in the brain to look like the veins in the image from the computer. Throughout the activity I asked Reagan what part of the brain controlled her sight and memory and movements. She had very fun with the movements section because she loves karate. I loved this assignment because it allowed me to think of different ways to simplify and explain things to her, and I think that Reagan also had a lot of fun!
Hi Heidi,
ReplyDeleteI also did this activity with two children and they also had fun. I felt the same way you did about this assignment. When I explained to the children in a simple way they could understand, it helped me to understand and retain the facts about the human brain that I had read about. Children have such a great memory and I agree with the quote that children's brains are like sponges when learning new things. Great post! Reagan is precious!
It is great that you were able to do this with Reagan. she looks like she had a great time. It seems to always help me when I have to explain something to young children. I am also usually amazed at the comments they make and how they make the connections in their brain!!
ReplyDeleteSeeing everything the brain is capable of doing and controlling at the same time is an amazing experience! What you shared with Reagan was wonderful! Children give surprising answers and that shows how their brain is receiving all kinds of stimuli in those early years. Thanks for your post!
ReplyDeleteWow! Great post. I would love to see the video. I could not make it work. Do you have the link you can post here?
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