Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.
Circle activity.
Objective: To give students a greater awareness of integration.
Activity: Have students move quietly around the room, whispering, visiting with each other. Call time and all the students must stop where they are and hold hands with the other students on each side of them. They will be all tangled up and will have to get untangled by going over and under each other’s hands. Their hands should never be released while doing this. The end result will be a circle of children holding hands. Remind students that integration is the combining of different things. At this time they are combining hands and children to form a circle.
