Taking off the Blindfold

In the beginning of our Visual Literacy Course we designed posts about what we thought about the pieces of the HoneyComb or the different courses that we have completed and how it relates to our classroom.  I was excited to learn about Visual Literacy because, as a Kindergarten Teacher, one can only imagine the amount of items that a student 'reads' by looking at the object.

We used a program called Canva.  If you have never used it- give it a try! It is amazing.  I created a Twitter post and just from that post alone- I gained 14 FOLLOWERS! WOW! An image really does have a 1000 words. Take a look at my post here.

Now came the really hard BUT amazing part of the course. We studied and learned about all the different ways that Visual Literacy can be displayed.  Visual Presentations, Infographics, Videos, etc. We had to design a lesson that we could use in our classroom to make a concept that is normally hard for a student to learn a little easier.  I went back and forth between math, language arts and science. I ended up with looking at one of the hardest things that we teach in Kindergarten, Vowels.  We don't have much of a problem with Long Vowels because long vowels say their name.  Short vowels on the other hand can be tricky. 

I created a lesson with Google Slides and used images that every Kindergartener- ESOL or General Education would be able to recognize. 

Take a look at the presentation here

I also made a youtube video explaining how to teach the lesson and why it is taught using the pictures chosen Here