Active Learning: The HOMES Scale

lots of hands on activities

In my classroom theres much of hands on and sensory.

I'm currently doing a home child care so it's set up in a home scenery so it's always different things to do indoors and out

One of the biggest challenges this past year in my classroom that contributed to challenging behaviors is other students. A few required so much attention that it took away from the other classmates. It would be beneficial if we as teachers can help those that need the attention as well as be able to respond to the other classmates in a loving and understanding way.

I work in a big classroom that has a lot of different centers. We have a dramatic play area, cozy center, blocks area, fine motors table, art table and so much more. I understand why challenging behavior occurs in my classroom because they want to go to the different centers as soon as they walk into the classroom. I try my best to make circle time and art time as easy and quick as possible for my kids and then I pull out a few toys in each center so they aren't tempted to pull everything out at once.

In my classroom we take care of infants and so it is tricky to do much with them. There is always a need that would stop us from even thinking about doing a fun activity that would score a 3+ in the HOMES scale.

I see HOMES MODEL all the time but I am understanding now, about how to interpret.

We have so much space in our classrooms. There is no reason why we should not be putting the HOMES model into practice. This not only will help the children learn but they would stay engaged as well.

My room is divided into to two so it can be distracting for the kids with having another class on the other side. They often want to run over and do what that class is doing. Aloso, there is a lot going on in my room but we have it sectioned off and it has been very helpful lately.

The one challenge I think I face within my program are inflexible spaces. I could definitely use the HOMES scale to determine a way to make this better. Could even ask for my kids' input and have them help me out.

I think sometimes I am not as responsive as I could be to how my class learns. I sometimes I limit their opportunity for choice or power. I think I could be more hands on and let things be more open ended and tailor make activities for each class member.

Using the HOMES idea in my classroom would probably benifit my class, they would have more room to do what they want. Which would help them learn in differnt developmental areas

Providing the right amount of space for the children and making sure the classroom is an experience and developmental environment for learning.

Our classroom is small for the number of children we have_we could use more space

Sometimes there is a lot going on. I am by myself teaching so it is hard to have control. I have a class full of 6 boys who are very outgoing. I have to be quick on my feet when transitioning. I would engage them more as well as do more hands on activities.

Homes will be used it will help to create more meaningful activities the only issue is that the things that i consider hands on is not and and what i find meaningful is not

Since I am in my home, there are so many things that distract the children. My "classroom" is not that big and doesn't have much in it yet.

the HOME system sound good I will bring this back to my center

The HOMES system is great. I will be using it in the classroom.

My classroom could use more sensory experiences.

the size of my room is the biggest that I can think of due to the smaller size we have less room to get the centers I woi=uld love to have in here for the kids

I haven't utilized HOMES before but plan to try implementing it

I will be using the HOMES scale to determine from now on.

We use a lot of sensory items in our classroom but I have never heard of homes before. I will be using this when planning activities.

If I began using the HOMES scale to plan activities then I believe that children would be more likely to engage in activities rather then to just move on a quickly as possible.

We have many choices for centers. Group time on the carpet can get crowded though. This is the first time I have heard of HOMES. We have wiggle time and music. We can add more movement, maybe how we move during transitions. Expand on how many senses they use in some activities. Make projects more open ended.

i have never heard of "homes" until this course but i will think about this when i go into the classroom on monday

I never heard of HOMES until this course but I will defiantly use it in the future. I may make the classroom bigger, that way the kids have more time to play in and be themselves. Our kids have a lot of centers to play in, but it's tight fitting. The activities are hand on and engaging but we do need to work on the others.

Our classrooms are filled with too much furniture making the room cramped. When the entire class is present, they tend to bump into each other or each others activities.
With the rooms being small, this makes for a loud noise factor. Some children can be over stimulated from this causing stress for them. I would like to be able to use the HOMES Scale to redesign the classroom layout.

There are sensory centers, math centers, reading centers, dramatic play centers etc. we have a wide variety center set up that allows for the child to choose where they would like to play and also with who.These offer a variety of choices to satisfy and need for active or quiet.

I would like teachers to rethink their ideas of art. No more cookie cutters, unless it passes HOMES or is teaching how to follow directions (which they already do all day).
No more processed art.
Rethink projects done every year because... Needs to be more relevant to students likes and engaging. I see 3 year olds sitting toooo much during their day.

Our classroom is a little too open and not many areas are dedicated to anything in particular. We just got rid of a lot of our cribs because our one-year-olds are now beginning to sleep on floor mats, so the room opened up a lot. If we took advantage of the space to create areas dedicated to areas of interest, that could really help. I really like the HOMES method because it is multi-faceted and can reach a wide audience.

The HOMES scale is a really good standard to go off of for our classrooms. The scale will be able to help us teachers prep upcoming activities for the students. This HOMES scale will maximize our learning objective to provide the best and accurate lessons that meet the standards that are effective and efficient.

Children's behavior problems stem from problems at home. The HOMES technique allows you to consider more applicable activities for the children that will meet the need of what challenging behavior they are expressing.

Often times, trouble at home may contribute to a child's challenging behavior. For example, if they do not get enough attention or support from their parents. I can use the HOMES scale to make activities more engaging and beneficial for students.

Some factors that may exist that contribute to the children's challenging behaviors are problems at home, feeling neglected. also they could have experience something bad in their childhood ect… Using the HOMES scale I use engaging more. they would be able to use their creativity more. Also they would be able to express themselves through their art, creativity, and imagination.

Our classroom is designed with the students in mind, we have open-ended, sensory materials available to students. We encourage them to create and explore those materials daily. I love the idea of the HOMES scale, and using this scale to create activities for our students will help keep them engaged@

Changes that would reduce the challenging behaviors is increasing in more math, reading and science area for the children to engage in.

Working with 18-24 month olds, most of our day is social play and sensory. I facilitate certain activities, and the children are free to explore and interact and play. Challenging behaviors are exhibited during transitions and art, so I would make art more interactive using the HOMES scale.

Smaller groups doing activities. Spread them out and allow them to all do their thing in their space. Allow them to be creative and use creativity in their plans.

I am an afterschool activites teacher. My classroom is the school gym. The positives of this environment are that there is a lot of empty space and room to play. The negative of this environment is that there is a lot of empty space. This makes it too open ended and I cant set up permanent stations of play.

a lot of changes

I have gotten away from a scheduled routine and I have too little order. By starting to use the HOMES Scales of M for meaningful and S for sensory-oriented would hopefully reduce the challenging behaviors in my classroom.

One of our classrooms seems extremely cramped. There is not much space for the children to freely move which causes disruption from center to center.

being more meaningful with our actvities so they are turning those meaningful experiences into learning experiences.