Building Time Management with Minecraft - Timed Race!
In this workshop, our expert Gamer Guides lead kids through fun Minecraft activities to improve their Time Management skills.
Today’s Activity: Time Management while Racing!
This is a live minecraft course filled with activities set up by learning works for kids to have fun and help practice your child’s Time Management skill! We will be playing minecraft together for an hour and relating the skills they are using in the game to situations and scenarios they use in their everyday life!
For this session the theme is Introduction to Time Management while racing!
We will start by introducing what Time Management is, asking some questions to the participants and getting the brain rolling!
Once their minds are going a bit and we are all familiar with one another we will take it to the race tracks set up by the Learning Works For Kids gamer guides!
The races will include foot and mine cart races with tracks the gamer guide previously prepared.
Throughout the races and after we will reflect and talk about how Time Manegement has helped them conquer today’s challenge and how they can use it to help solve problems at school or at home as well!
We will wrap up by talking about things they can do for homework as well.
For more information about Time Management, visit the Time Management Page at LearningWorks for Kids.
Have more Questions feel free to contact us at live@learningworksforkids.com
Workshop Schedule
To join the live session, simply select the appropriate date and time below, then click on the Join Live Session button. If this is your child’s first Minecraft session, please make sure to view and follow our setup instructions.
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Workshop Activities
The LW4K method to using video games as teaching tools relies on strategic teaching principles and our approach of “Detect, Reflect, and Connect.” The purpose of the Detect, Reflect, and Connect steps is to mold the child into an active learner who becomes aware of, engaged in, and contemplative of what she is learning. These steps can enhance motivation and concentration. They also assist in extending learning beyond a particular game or technology and connecting it to the real world.
Detect
Detect or identify when and where they are using thinking skills in video game play.
Before we start racing the Learningworks For Kids gamer guides will make it clear that today’s session is about Time Management. As we get to know each other and line up to race we will talk about how Time Management is used in minecraft and how they plan to use it in the challenges to come.
Reflect
Reflect or consider how the thinking skills used during gameplay helps them to achieve their goals.
After a couple laps of the foot race we will reflect back on the previous races and talk about how the choices they made and discuss about on which choices saved them time and wasted time. The Gamer Guides will then will start a final race using the children’s previous choices and time reflections as a guide to save time in the upcoming race. Then reflect back on the final race as well.
Connect
Connect or apply game-based thinking skills to real-world activities.
Through out the session we will relate the Time Management your child is using in minecraft with tasks they must overcome on a daily basis. For example, talking about how Managing the time on their minecraft race is not too different then managing the time getting ready for school, and explain why it is important to practice this skill for tasks in their life to come.