A discussion about themes or topics

AnonyMouse_4562 · 2015-10-28T17:06:55+0000

Hi, I just wanted to start a discussion about different views on themes. I have heard differing views from leading professionals including they are good for language development and for children to be able to 'see' what they have learnt and then the other extreme, that they actually go against the statuary guidance which states that we must take into account individual interests. For the last few years (due to the requirements of my school), I have done very light-touch themes. I do mind-maps with the children to see what way they want to take each theme and then some activities and resources link to the theme. I do not change the whole setting or insist that every extra resource links. We also follow individual interests as they arrive. I've been thinking about things like seasons - if we didn't talk about them, would the children notice? Would it matter if they didn't and they noticed changes in different things? Or is it an entitlement of the children that we bring their attention to these things? Would we naturally talk about these things as a parent would, covering it without making it a planned topic? Then there's those children who have never shown an interest in a certain theme until different resources are brought out! Where do you stand? Are themes WRONG! Or are they good for some things? Discuss.... Green Hippo x

By AnonyMouse_4562
October 28, 2015 in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues

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