Cshel91848 wrote:
>
> Hi Conchlers!
>    I'm new to CONCH-L.  I've been reading with interest your views on learning
> styles and how our brains work.  This is something I work with day in and out
> because I teach third graders.  I also have a shell club (in fact 2).  I've
> combined my love for shells with teaching with great success.  The kids learn
> the common names very easily, but I wanted them to understand the Latin names
> and at least hear them used once in a while.  I've tried to make a connection
> with the Latin and the common names where possible.  We listened to Tucker
> Abbott's tape that goes with the Collectible Florida Shells book which we use
> often for identification purposes.  Using this approach, the kids are slowly
> becoming more comfortable hearing the Latin names that go with their shell
> treasures.
>
> Dr. Rosenberg - We're interested in a possible field trip to the museum.  Our
> school is about 45 minutes from Philadelphia (slightly longer by school bus).
> Are there items of interest to our club members to make this a possiblility?
>
> Any info would be great!
>  Christine
 
 
Christine...interesting point.  Might like you to know that we started
teaching our daughter the latin names at two years old and she picked
them up very rapidly.  We used to play a game with her when she was five
years old in our big shell cabinet and take all the labels off the
shells and she would put them back.  She now teaches science to 7th&8th
graders...and has a hard time remembering the common names to shells.
--
Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells