Get a head start by exploring The Private Eye with pre-kindergartners and kindergartners using the approach explained in this booklet. This companion to The Private Eye teacher guide includes essential tips and insights for using The Private Eye curriculum with Pre-K learners. Kerry Ruef interviews Ann Pelo, a master preschool teacher who says, “I can’t imagine not using The Private Eye with this age group. …it opens up incredible possibilities.” For ten years she’s used The Private Eye at Hilltop Children’s Center in Seattle, WA. With warmth and attention to detail, Pelo describes the all important two weeks of preparation that allow 3 ½ to 5 year-olds easy entry into using The Private Eye process and loupes—and the steps she take that make it an integral part of the curriculum.
You’ll read the what and the how—including the delightful phrasing that Pelo uses at each stage. Of course, you’ll hear exactly what she does and says that first magical day she brings out the loupes. In this booklet you’ll find Pre-K analogy lists, drawing tips for this age, discussion of cognitive readiness, and more.
Pair this Pre-K (and Kindergarten) companion with The Private Eye – (5X) Looking / Thinking by Analogy, and you’ll have a deep view of how to best use this approach and curriculum to accelerate creativity, thinking skills, literacy and scientific literacy in your early childhood settings.
Full color. (Ruef, 2005) Illustrated. 18 pp. (5.5" x 8.5")
