Practice and Provision: General issues
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Hi! Just a few quick questions this time! Just wondering what other's provide in terms of different types/textures/shapes of paper and/or card? How do you store them on your shelves/trolley - e.g. in separate labelled trays - plain/coloured/lined or in one tray for children to look through? Do you have a central place for paper/card or do you also provide in all areas? Have seen that Baker Ross do a selection pack of different types, colours and textures of paper - has anyone tried this pack or know where I can get different types of paper? Thanks Green Hippo x
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Hi all, Just some more thoughts needed from you lovely people! Our playground is shared between the Nursery and Reception class which has worked ok but has a few issues. As the reception children do not come out to play until after 10am, we have the outdoor area to ourselves, then all the reception children come out. This has some benefits for the Nursery children in that they get to play with the older children and see older siblings etc - learning from them. However, often, what it does is disrupts their play and as this is the only time they see the Reception children most don't really play together, and some are quite unsure of the older children. The second problem…
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Hi all, Looking for some advice and inspiration. I currently have no puzzles and games area. I have a few maths-ish games within the maths area and puzzles out on the carpet but I like to leave the carpet area free for dancing/large movement. I usually don't have a spare table, so I'm looking for some ideas. Do I put out a collection within the mathematics area and 'double-up' this area? Do I put jigsaws out in areas that they relate to e.g. abc jigsaws in book corner/writing area and jigsaws with buildings on in construction area (like we do with books?) Have them available on carpet area and use it as a 'teaching-tool' as to what they children can choose to do? E.g…
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I was listening to the World service very early this morning and caught the end of a program about childcare around the world. They were talking about children in Shangai who board from the age of 3 (yes THREE) I haven't finished listening to it but I have downloaded it to listen later and wanted to pass the links on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00fvhsf This links to part 2 and there is also a part one to download
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Hi I've been trawling the web to find an image of the parts of the brain and basic info for a display on brain development and how children learn. I cant find what I'm looking for that's not too complicated. I wondered if anyone has anything or could sign post me to somewhere.
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Mid next term I have invited parents in to spend time with us and see what we do. However I'm now worrying about the sorts of things I could do! I would be really grateful if anyone who has done this before could give me any suggestions, hints or tips. Thank you
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Hi Could I ask what others do for painting provision outdoors? We always have paintbrushes, rollers and water jugs available as well as large chalks. We have a huge roll of paper and some water colour paints which the children seem to like as they can take all the colours with them! If I want to do any other 'big art' then I set that up as an extra as I find that it needs that extra bit of supervision! We try to make our outdoor provision different to what is offered indoors but I find myself a bit stuck with painting? Would love to hear your ideas Thanks again! Green Hippo x
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Hi, my school want to develop parent workshops. I've decided to do something around story sacks, hopefully asking parents to make them for particular stories. My cohort has lower communication and language and PSED so thought this would be a good way to engage parents and develop attention and listening and C & L. I want the parents to feel that making these is achievable but I have no idea how to even start, even with setting the right tone for asking parents to come. Has anyone done this before or something similar, any tips?
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Hi all I was describing to a parent tonight about the different things that his daughter could do to strengthen the muscles in her hand and develop her fine motor control. At which he said "there are no muscles in the hand just tendons and ligaments." He said it in such a way that made him sound like he was a professional in this area. So, stupidly, I sort of accepted his comment and continued to describe what sorts of things she needed to do to develop her fine motor skills. This bugged me until I got home - with all the reading I've done on fine-motor control, I was sure that there is a mention of muscles - in fact I've seen pictures. So of course, I came home and fou…
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Hi all, Our PTA have recently expressed a wish to buy a climbing frame for the FS outdoor play area. I've never been that keen on climbing frames due to the 'closed' nature of the play that can occur on them. I would prefer seperate bits e.g. a climbing a frame, balancing logs etc that are a bit more open-ended in their nature. What do others think? Does anyone have any suggestions of high quality play eqipment That you could recommend? Thanks, Green hippo. Apologies for strange message and spelling - typing on tablet and its going a bit strange!
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