Big Things in Learning: What our guides our learning?

Big things in learning….

As every school year begins, I am always delighted in watching our students notice God's amazing world. In the first 1.5 months of school, we've had students notice the season changing with a pond walk, witnessed the beauty of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly, and even create beautiful models of God's building blocks of animal and plant cells. "It's all brand new to them" I remind myself often, and there is joy in witnessing their fresh delight. 

How do we shape learning at LCES? We're doing a lot of thinking on this question this fall at our school. Here are some ideas we are talking about:

Connectedness We aim for our students to see God’s creation as an intricate, complex, and amazing example of how purposeful God is. God’s world is something to be studied as a whole, as well as in parts. 

Discernment We want our students to develop tools and have opportunities to practice, under the watchful idea of a passionate educator, figuring out what is God’s truth and what is means for them. God’s world is designed around God’s truth.

Service We strive to have our students live out the truth of biblically knowing. As they study the Lord’s handiwork, they are directed to love their neighbor in every way, in everything they do and say. Community is God’s good gift to us.

Wonder God’s world is a thing of beauty and we wish for our students to meet God in new ways as they learn. God’s world speaks of God's greatness and faithfulness.

Big things guide our learning!

SJ