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We have done a Happy and Safe adult led activity without children. To evidence this I have photos, observations, and a lesson plan

I meant with our children not without

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Brilliant, thank you ☺️

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https://youtu.be/Q-hmoWVU7vE

if you’re interested here’s a little clip about supporting schemas and using observations to further plan.

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Ohhh good question ☺️

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Also saw this today which is interesting

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I loved researching this. The mark making matters document is fabulous.

I believe in the early stages, attachment plays a crucial role. When a child is in a happy and safe environment they’re more comfortable to explore their surroundings thus allowing them to develop the skills they need for initial mark making.

Children need opportunities to develop gross and fine motor skills, they need to develop their attention spans, they need to develop their memories for mark making memory, and of course natural muscle and bone development comes into it. It’s actually a huge subject I could discuss all day… however, it’s 11pm and I’ve been studying and working on my portfolio all day and my husband is giving me the awkward eyebrows as if to say “another book?” So I guess it’s time to log off and give my brain a rest.

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Sorry Nicky are we supposed to be observing somebody else or is a peer observing us? I assumed the latter so my colleague has observed me but I can observe a member of my staff too, not a problem

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There’s a phonics course incase anyone is interested too. Only £30 😍

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We have done a Happy and Safe adult led activity without children. To evidence this I have photos, observations, and a lesson plan

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Just saw a fantastic activity on the Tuff Trays Facebook page where someone had made edible sand by blending Cheerios and putting in a builders tray on the floor for babies to crawl in. They had some clean brushes, looked like some sort of make up brush or fluffy painting brush, and the baby was mark making in the sand with the brush

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To support children with positioning schema the treasure basket idea works well. I have seen an activity using Kapla bricks in which a structure is made which looks almost like a Christmas tree. this structure has many angles sticking out. In a treasure basket are smallish loose parts (children will need to be closely supervised or items maybe edible for safety) and children can place the loose parts on the surfaces. It will promote language, observation skills, fine motor skills and their schema.

For a transforming schema sensory play works well particularly if you have an outdoor environment with plenty of natural resources. For example a mud kitchen can be enhanced by the environment. Concoctions of various plants, stones, sand, water can be created. In my setting the rosemary plant is away from the mud kitchen, as are the stones and water. Therefore it will require travelling and the use of containers. This can encourage children to think about what to use to carry their resources and which resources to use for their mixtures. They may also require tools to cut their plants or scoop their sand, for examples, promoting physical development. This is a great child initiated learning opportunity for adults to observe and move forward too.

To help me with these suggestions I have been reading “Schemas. A Practical Handbook” by Laura England.

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Hi Nicky,

I’ve already been thinking about my math resources. We have different math resources in all areas of the preschool already which was a change we made at the beginning of the academic year. However, we don’t have many real life things, Such as real scales. Real measurements such as an actual cup size for making playdough for example. Clocks for the children. And books! We have some great little books but these need to come out in these areas more. This is my focus for this week and it has already proved to be a huge hit 🙂

Thank you for your advice!

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Please find attached. However, I have not completed full references below and my references, if not mandatory, were really for my own reference.

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perfect thank you

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The learning walk is to be drafted up with our external mentor when they visit and then written and uploaded to the correct forum page? Is this right? I’m assuming our external mentor will therefor be in contact and arrange the first visit very soon before our next CPLD day?

Or do I do the learning walk with my staff and discuss before the visit from the mentor?

Sorry so many questions…

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