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In small groups…
LOOSE PARTS CAFE • Use large loose parts you can find downstairs to build a café. • Take turns at role-playing waitresses, chefs, kitchen hands and customers. • How can you as educators bring literacy and numeracy skills into children’s play? • What other loose parts resources would you have liked?
In small groups…
DINOSAUR EGG • This is not a stone. This is a dinosaur egg. • Create a game that encourages playing out an adventure story. • How can you as an educator play this game too? • What social play aspects may arise?
In small groups…
ART ON A LOG • Take a container each and collect natural materials from the environment. • Keep your mindset like a young child and find fascination in the small and ordinary. • Use the natural materials to create a composition on a wood round. It could be a pattern or a picture. • Use a book for inspiration to create a creature or a scene from a story. • How could you display this in a room to inspire this type of play?
In small groups…
MAGIC WANDS • Find resources in the environment to make five different types of magic wands. • Create a games using the wands that encourage gross motor play. • What roles can you as an educator play these games with the children? • In what ways can your body physically participate?
In small groups…
DOUBLE BUBBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE • Children love to use water and natural loose parts in potion/cooking play. • How can you extend this play by encouraging fine motor movement and coordination? • Feel free to come and use some objects and containers from the larger group’s table.
In small groups… ROLLING CHALLENGE • Is it possible to roll a ball down a stick? • Using sticks and logs, create a course to roll a ball along. • What type of thinking did you need to use to create this? • How can you assist as an educator without taking over?
In small groups…
BALANCING WOOD • Use the resources in the baskets to explore balance. • How many different ways can you create a balancing construction? • Try teaching a partner how to balance a difficult object. • What skills as an educator can you bring to children’s play in this area?
LOOSE PARTS CAFE • Use large loose parts you can find downstairs to build a café. • Take turns at role-playing waitresses, chefs, kitchen hands and customers. • How can you as educators bring literacy and numeracy skills into children’s play? • What other loose parts resources would you have liked?
In small groups…
DINOSAUR EGG • This is not a stone. This is a dinosaur egg. • Create a game that encourages playing out an adventure story. • How can you as an educator play this game too? • What social play aspects may arise?
In small groups…
ART ON A LOG • Take a container each and collect natural materials from the environment. • Keep your mindset like a young child and find fascination in the small and ordinary. • Use the natural materials to create a composition on a wood round. It could be a pattern or a picture. • Use a book for inspiration to create a creature or a scene from a story. • How could you display this in a room to inspire this type of play?
In small groups…
MAGIC WANDS • Find resources in the environment to make five different types of magic wands. • Create a games using the wands that encourage gross motor play. • What roles can you as an educator play these games with the children? • In what ways can your body physically participate?
In small groups…
DOUBLE BUBBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE • Children love to use water and natural loose parts in potion/cooking play. • How can you extend this play by encouraging fine motor movement and coordination? • Feel free to come and use some objects and containers from the larger group’s table.
In small groups… ROLLING CHALLENGE • Is it possible to roll a ball down a stick? • Using sticks and logs, create a course to roll a ball along. • What type of thinking did you need to use to create this? • How can you assist as an educator without taking over?
In small groups…
BALANCING WOOD • Use the resources in the baskets to explore balance. • How many different ways can you create a balancing construction? • Try teaching a partner how to balance a difficult object. • What skills as an educator can you bring to children’s play in this area?
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