Addition on the wooden block

 Using natural materials just seems to make things so much more appealing

Word building on the lightbox

Activities seem so appealing on the light box

Bringing Reggio Emilia Home

Definitely well worth a read! An inspiring book.

Button Patterns on Mirrors

 Mirrors are so appealing to work on. Add some buttons and it's even more inviting! 

Fantastic Foam Fun!

Create some quick and easy foam for lots of fun.

The Troll

This light Cube is a great for conversation starters and asking questions. 

Cotton Wool Snow Fun

If you are still waiting for some real white stuff - have a go at this fun pretend activity whilst you wait!

A Raft for the Billy Goats - STEM

Can you choose suitable materials to build a raft for the Three Billy Goats Gruff to get across the water on?

Maybe this way they can avoid the Troll! 

Cats Birthday Party - for a cat!

The children have talked all year about throwing a birthday party for our cat. We thought at the grand age of 17 she deserved something! 

Fizzing Snowmen

Lack of real snow has lead us to creating some of our own. And its so easy! 

Valentines Playdough and Loose Parts Provocation

How many pots of love can you create?

A Reggio Emilia Approach

'Child led investigations, open free spaces to play, a deep connection with nature and an emphasis on exploring and creating.' 

'Children are ...detectives, gifted with the capacity to utilise clues, to hypothesise "missing" explanations and to reconstruct facts. From the very beginning, their curiosity in learning refuses simple and isolated things. Instead, children love to find the dimensions and relations of complex situations ...create analogies, metaphors, anthropomorphic meanings, and logical meanings.' (Bringing Reggio Emilia Home 1997)

What is Reggio Emilia? 

Reggio Emilia is a town in Italy. Loris Malaguzzi and parents in the villages around Reggio Emilia developed an educational philosophy following the need for a new way of learning. They believed that children form their own personality during early years of development and that they are given 'a hundred languages' meaning they have many ways of expressing themselves. The Reggio approach sees children as strong and capable. In a Reggio appraoch the educator is seen as three things. The teacher, the child and the environment. 

Here is a link to a lovely little video which explains it really simply! 

https://youtu.be/cvwpLarbUD8

Time Padlocks

Can you unlock the padlocks by matching the times to the clock faces?

Gingerbread Boy Playdough

Can you build a Gingerbread Boy (who does not run away!)

STEM Bridge Building for the Gingerbread Boy

Can you build a bridge for the Gingerbread Boy to get across the river with, using sticks and marshmallows (without eating them before it is built?!)

Exploring 3D Shapes with Kinetic Sand

A selection of beautiful coloured transparent geometric 3D shapes placed on a mirror tile with kinetic sand ready to be explored.

Floating Buttons - A STEM activity

How many buttons can you float on your boat?

The Girl was showing curiosity about things which float so I set up this provocation.

Numbers on Pebbles with Buttons

Number recognition and counting provocation.