Communication tools

From the children's knowledge, we knew that people did not have electricity in the olden days. A discussion about how people used to communicate in the olden days arose.

Computers, telephones and walkie-talkies require electricity in order to function. These are the three main communication tools that the children came up with.

We played a game where we had two friends that live far away from each other. Mister Wiggle and Mister Waggle lived in a time before electricity. There was a mountain in between them, so the only way of communicating with each other was by walking over the mountain to give the message (talking). After a few trips over the mountain, Mister Waggle had no luck in delivering his message. Mister Wiggle was never home and Mister Waggle couldn't wait for him to come home because it would become dark and he had to get back home.

The children's task was to come up with an idea to help Mister Waggle communicate with Mister Wiggle.

"A note" Sofia said. "A picture" Trystan, Bela and Alexis said.

Mister Waggle drew a picture and wrote a note. He went over the mountain, and because Mister Wiggle was not home, left his note under the door. The next morning, Mister Wiggle brought a basket full of food over to have a picnic with Mister Waggle. Mister Waggle was very happy to see that Mister Wiggle had received the message.

The children will send a letter by post and an email, at the same time, to a member of their family. Please send a picture of them receiving the email at home (reading it on the computer) and another picture of them with the letter (when received). Please send the picture to me via email.

Children will recognize the difference in speed between receiving communication via email and post.