22/07/2020
Family Daycare -Individualised learning - interests based -
sustainability - community engagement
Learning doesn't need to happen at a desk!
The environment, quality resources, being creative with lesson plans combined with using the interests of the children are the best tools to promote development.
Children should be invited to play through the environment around them and this in turn creates meaningful learning opportunities.
We used our outdoor environment and as many natural components as possible to help create a sense of calmness and enquiry, creating an inviting area to play and learn and make it as sustainable as possible by using pasta, rice and oats that were at their used by dates and would of otherwise be discarded/composted.
We combined this with a quality and attractive resource called wipe and write counting treasure chests created by Amellia from Steady hands Education, a local Creative Mum within our community. The best part about this activity is how reusuable the wipe and write chests are, they can be used for all ages, by adding dots to help children that dont recognise numeral to count, math equations can be written on them to challenge Primary children, and a bonus the jewels are so eye catching it made this outdoor activity really inviting for all our children as the jewels caughts the sunlight. π
https://steadyhandseducation.com/collections/activities-and-board-games/products/write-and-wipe-counting-treasure-chests
Here, i have combined the sensory and numeracy interests of our children in a hands on exploratory numeracy activity. While working on her fine motor skills by co-ordinating and controlling the bamboo utensils, Lucy is able to excitedly find the jewels which are hidden in the sensory tray, she then transfers the jewels to the numbered treasure boxes. She is learning to recognise numbers in their numeral form, along with counting in sequences. Lucy is also starting to understand basic maths by working out how many more she needs to get the desired number of jewels.