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WeDoMan The 4C Learning Process

All LEGO® Education WeDo materials support a process of learning that includes four phases: Connect, Construct, Contemplate, and Continue 
The 4C Learning Process pdf.gif   as adapted to preschool education

4cLearningProcess

All the videos below were created by the RÉCIT national du préscolaire and reside on their web site.  You may see this collection, with French text, at http://recitpresco.qc.ca/node/519

Connect

You connect to what you know when you add new learning experiences to those you already have or when an initial learning experience is the seed stimulating the growth of new knowledge. Our activity suggestions illustrate and suggest a guiding question. Use them as an inspiration to create your own guiding question with which to stimulate discussion about the activity topic.
Example using Model 1: The Hungry alligator
  Example using Model 1: Dancing Birds

Construct

Learning is best when hands and minds are engaged. WeDo proposes 12 models with step-by-step instructions. Consult the plans that have been adapted for early education.

  Building in a large group
  Building in a center

Contemplate

When you contemplate what you have done, you have the opportunity to deepen your
understanding. As observe and reflect, you develop connections between previous knowledge and new
experiences. The models built will invite children to:
  • be attentive to the effects of pulleys, gears, or cams on the movement of the model;
  • count, take measurements, check the speed and performance of some models
  • create stories and act them out , to use their models for visual and sound effects.

For each activity, 5 challenges are proposed. This is an important phase for assessing the learning and progress of each student.

Contemplate in a large group
Contemplate in a center

Continue

Learning is always more enjoyable and creative when it is adequately challenging. This phase lets the children go further, experiment with more advanced programming and tackle more complex challenges. Each team creates challenges and shares discoveries with other teams.