What Activity/experience Can You Not Live Without?

[Guest]

Getting ready for the new term (and avoiding SEF - still!) and it got me thinking about the balance between a really truly valuable 'can't afford not to do it' experience/activity/story etc that is done every term/year...and becoming 'boring and repetitive and fearful of coming out of the comfort zone'

 

SO;

 

- what would give you minor withdrawal symptoms if you were not able to do 'it' this term?

 

or a piece of equipment you would threaten 'touch my......feel my fork' (love that advert!)

 

Mine would be the mud pit...and den making

[AnonyMouse_11396]

Opening the door to all those smiling little faces. Couldn't function without that little fix in the morning.

[AnonyMouse_35577]

Any form of messy play.

What I CAN do without is parents asking when we are going to 'teach' their 3 year olds to read

[AnonyMouse_3139]

Painting on easels. It's my favourite thing :1b

 

The children quite like it too :rolleyes:

[AnonyMouse_26037]

Any moment when one of the 'big people teachers' is gobsmacked at how independent/thoughtful/insightful/calm and just brilliant my little ones can be!

[Guest]

gonna be tricky letting the children play with the ipads I've had all to myself all summer

[Guest]

For me, like Rea, it's also free access to paint and easel - as I'm currently an 'agency' worker, you'd be surprised how many settings do not have a painting easel freely available every day (sadly some not even weekly!)