Guest Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 I am planning to develop the mark-making area at nursery. Until now it has been an 'inadequate' area of my nursery provision ; not through want of trying, but because without constant supervision (despite laying down 'rules' which the children helped to devise) it is always 'trashed' . It is not the most inspiring area but I have just bought some wooden pigeon holes which will sit at the back of the table and 2 wooden floor standing DVD storage racks which will stand either side of the table - all of which will be used to store mark-making implements, paper, envelopes etc. :1b I mean to start off well by labelling all the compartments which will help when tidying up . I have also moved the post box to the garden area as EVERYTHING was being posted in it - pens, pencils, rulers, diaries, puppets, books ... if the children could post it that's where it would be found! I 'd appreciate any ideas for resourcing the mark-making table. So far I have: Lead pencils, coloured pencils, crayons, rulers, paper, envelopes, diaries, post-it notes, highlighter pens and rubbers. I have 2 compartments left - any thoughts? :wub:
AnonyMouse_19135 Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 we also have clip boards, biro's and stencils
AnonyMouse_390 Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 I ask parents to bring in junk mail as the children love opening envelopes and writing on the leaflets/forms etc, also I ask for invites, thank you cards etc. we get loads brought in 1
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 Ink stampers and chalkboards/ chalks.
AnonyMouse_7120 Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 We have a couple of cheap mini etcha-sketch type things.
Guest lillybeth Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 perhaps to support the "mark making" table you could have little carriers in which you could put the mark making implements in so that children can take them to the areas that they need them. I have had that situation with a post box and we went with their schemas for this type of play and provided a variety of resources allowing children to post items
Guest Posted February 22, 2014 Posted February 22, 2014 (edited) We have mark making boards around the hall with a pencil Helps to encourage children who do not want to mark make at the said table. Also does it matter what they post in the postbox, after all some thought and learning went into what they posted Spend a week role modelling your mark making area, use of the area will get better Edited February 22, 2014 by Suer
Guest Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 We have mark making boards around the hall with a pencil Helps to encourage children who do not want to mark make at the said table. Also does it matter what they post in the postbox, after all some thought and learning went into what they posted Spend a week role modelling your mark making area, use of the area will get betterimage.jpgimage.jpg Yes, we have mark-making opportunities in all areas too; I just wanted a 'special' place designated to mark-making. No it certainly doesn't matter what they post, I understand that and yes, it WILL get better with the removal of the post box and improved 'space' to store the mark-making materials and equipment. Moving the post box to the garden makes much more sense too, as the children have to 'travel' to post there letter - just like we do!
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 We have our mark making tools in a trolley, for free choice.. This can then be moved around the room. As well as the tidy caddy's for indoor and outdoor use. Lots of our children love to mark-make on the floor using rolls of lining paper stuck down with Sellotape. 1
AnonyMouse_22106 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 We have mark making boards around the hall with a pencilHelps to encourage children who do not want to mark make at the said table.Also does it matter what they post in the postbox, after all some thought and learning went into what they postedSpend a week role modelling your mark making area, use of the area will get betterimage.jpgimage.jpg Suer, I love your trolleys perfect for us packaways - where did you get it from? I know you can get cheap plastic trolleys but they aren't the most robust when it comes to being packed away everyday.
Guest ChunkyMan Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 I ask all my friends to 'collect' those free postcards from the cinema...the children love these Cx
Guest Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Thumperabbit the trolley is from community playthings, we have had it about 4 yrs and love it It is sturdy and strong and gets moved in and out of tardis like cupboard daily. We don't move it around but it could easily be We have everything on it from chalks to pens, paper to envelopes, buttons, cotton buds Sellotape rulers rubbers, hole punch glue and more besides
AnonyMouse_1469 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 we also have this trolley, but use it with the clear drawers, so the children can see what's in them easily. It is worth every penny..............ours survived the flood ( sorry, deluge!) at our setting a couple of years ago, so i would heartily recommend it
AnonyMouse_29664 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Just a thought - do you think that maybe the posting children woulld like a pigeon holes to put letters in?
AnonyMouse_21338 Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 in our mark making area we have - clipboards whiteboards and markers tracing paper different types of paper envelopes postcards chalk boards lamintaed pencil control sheets / mazes etc ( ours love these !) notebooks / diaries old birthday cards penny stamps old forms from the post office ( dvla i think !) different things to write with -pens, felt pens, pencils,crayons,chalk,pastels,charcoal rulers magnadoodle things
Guest Posted February 23, 2014 Posted February 23, 2014 Yes you can have clear boxes, I'm just a sucker for a bit of wicker. We paid about £400 for it
AnonyMouse_19782 Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 We have the same one as suer, we use it for our art area, and have a similar one for our mark-making area. Kent County Council were very good a few years back and gifted them to us! That was in the day when Kent had some money to burn - unfortunately not the case any longer............. 1
Guest Posted February 24, 2014 Posted February 24, 2014 Our mark making area is a community playthings shelf unit that holds 6 clear drawers with a table next to it. I have plain paper, coloured paper and lined paper in the top row of drawers then clipboards with lined paper on, notebooks and sticky notes, and envelopes in the bottom row of drawers. On the top, I have coloured pencils, lead pencils, ball point pens, chunky felt tip pens, chalk, metallic wax crayons and a little pot of stationary (rubbers, mini bulldog clips and paperclips).
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