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SAND AND WATER TABLES: BIG BOX INCLINE
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SAND AND WATER TABLES. This is a blog for early childhood teachers looking for ways to expand and enrich play and learning in and around their sand and water tables with easy-to-make, low-cost apparatus. It may also be of interest for anyone who appreciates children's messy play. View my complete profile. Thursday, July 21, 2011. I used a planter tray. Because the box was so large and sturdy, I was able to cut out big holes in the side for access to the chute at different levels. If you look at the above...
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SAND AND WATER TABLES: PIGGYBACK INCLINES
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SAND AND WATER TABLES. This is a blog for early childhood teachers looking for ways to expand and enrich play and learning in and around their sand and water tables with easy-to-make, low-cost apparatus. It may also be of interest for anyone who appreciates children's messy play. View my complete profile. Saturday, June 27, 2015. The Piggyback Inclines apparatus is a variation on the Big Box Incline. And the Big Box Incline with an Added Element. I simply hold the box I want on a incline next to the base...
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Explore Inspire EC: Leaving Room For Wonder
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Snapshots from my classroom and reflections on my journey as a teacher. Sunday, August 9, 2015. Leaving Room For Wonder. Walking through the park one morning, I noticed a few bricks red bricks peeking up through the grass. Taking a closer look, I noticed a line of bricks. Then, further on, I saw there were actually two rows of red bricks, buried or covered by grass in some places, a brick or two missing in others, stretching through the park. What were they once a part of? After a while I noticed several...
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Explore Inspire EC: Pegboards, Pipe Cleaners, and Emergent Curriculum
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Snapshots from my classroom and reflections on my journey as a teacher. Sunday, August 2, 2015. Pegboards, Pipe Cleaners, and Emergent Curriculum. Last week I posted a photo of an activity involving pipe cleaners and pegboards. Someone asked me how I came up with the idea to set up those materials in that way. The initial inspiration came from observing the children’s activities and interests. My job was to provide the materials for them to put their ideas into action. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Explore Inspire EC: June 2015
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Snapshots from my classroom and reflections on my journey as a teacher. Friday, June 26, 2015. Taking Sensory Play to the Next Level. I’ve always wondered why older preschoolers tend to ignore the sensory table. Is sand and water play boring? Is it just that there are more exciting things to do in the classroom? Toddlers and young 2’s and 3’s can’t seem to get enough of sand and water play, scooping and pouring it. In and out of containers, watching it flow, mastering the concepts of empty and full.
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Explore Inspire EC: Emotional Risk, Bruised Feelings, Resilient Kids
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Snapshots from my classroom and reflections on my journey as a teacher. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Emotional Risk, Bruised Feelings, Resilient Kids. But what about play that involves emotional risk? We’ve confused risk with danger. In The Blessing of a Skinned Knee. In our drive to keep children from suffering, we’ve forgotten that it’s also our responsibility to teach them how to recover. It’s our responsibility to help them learn that a bruise isn’t the same thing as a puncture. Subscribe to this blog.
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Explore Inspire EC: July 2015
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Snapshots from my classroom and reflections on my journey as a teacher. Thursday, July 23, 2015. What Can I Do With This? It’s that time of year again, when teachers spend hours paging through catalogs and websites, scouring stores, and brainstorming ideas for what we want in our classrooms this year. There’s something exciting about a new school year filled with new materials, and a classroom prepared and ready for the next set of children to walk through the door. Our goal is to create an environment t...
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And the carrot came up...: Programming made Easy.
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And the carrot came up. Monday, 27 July 2015. It all started with the book, Road Builders by B.G. Hennessy. The toddlers were interested in construction in the fall and they were still interested in the spring. The interest was not always intense but it was consistent. One day I took a few things away and added in some different things. Interest renewed and quickened. I taped three or four to each table. I put our a felt marker on each. I borrowed some hollow blocks from the 3-5's. One day I took four to...
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And the carrot came up...: October 2014
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And the carrot came up. Tuesday, 28 October 2014. Chestnuts are for throwing. Not. On the University campus where our daycare center is located, there are several chestnut trees. The last time I was out for a walk with the littles, we discovered another tree. The chestnuts from this tree are huge! I couldn't resist filling my pockets and bringing them back to our daycare room. I put some out on the light table along with our leaf collection and some pinecones. Of course he did! He was trying to see if pu...
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And the carrot came up...: December 2014
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And the carrot came up. Saturday, 20 December 2014. Here are a few highlights from our busy week in the toddler room. We have set up a sensory room in our bathroom! I was inspired by THIS BLOG POST. And decided to bring out our Overhead Projector too! I gave them the felt pieces of Brown Bear, Brown Bear to use if they wanted. They have loved this story all fall and it was fun to continue their learning in a new way. So excited to find the projected image! We played a lot of hockey! Played on the climber.
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