There's Nothing in my student's bag?

I am a very hands on teacher. I believe that learning is through doing. That is why we do a lot of center and hands on based lessons. I feel the students learn so much more through doing than worksheet after worksheet. The poem below says it best!

There's Nothing In My Bag Today

Today I did my math and science, I toasted bread. I halved and quartered. I counted, measured, used my eyes, and ears, and head. I added and subtracted on the way, I used a magnet, blocks and memory tray. I learned about a rainbow and how to weigh. So please don't say, anything in your bag today? You see I'm sharing as I play. I learned to listen and speak clearly when I talk, to wait my turn, and when inside to walk. To put my thoughts into a phrase, to guide a crayon through a maze. To find my name and write it down, to do it with a smile and not a frown. To put my pasting brush away, So please don't say, what, nothing in your bag today? I've learned about a snail and a worm, remembering how to take my turn. Helped a friend when he was stuck, learned that water runs off a duck. I looked at words from left to right, agreed to differ, not to fight. So please don't say, did you only play today? ~Author Unknown