October 2010
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the garbage truck and not being needed →
In case it is not immediately apparent to your adult eye, this is a garbage truck. Garbage (aka little girls and boys) enters through one end of the the garbage shoot (aka…
Oct 31st
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PLAY IN SANDPITS AND ON BEACH →
Inspiring collection of images from Svane Frode.
Oct 31st
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Oct 30th
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Svane Frode's Photos - ADVENTURE ACTION TO THE... →
Cubby houses and shelters galore - great inspiration for our cubby house building at preschool.
Oct 30th
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Oct 29th
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a morning at the movies →
This is what I love:Being there when children’s play takes off and being privileged enough to be invited along for the ride. It can be sparked by something as simple as paper on the…
Oct 28th
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taking things apart →
Taking things apart is just as much fun as building things. Rather than toss this old wooden pallet, out came the hammers, saws and screwdrivers to take it apart. My…
Oct 28th
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Oct 27th
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Teacher Tom: "If We Did That, Teacher Tom, We... →
Great article from Tom about teaching children to manage risk in preschool.
Oct 27th
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Oct 26th
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gever tulley in comic book form →
I’ve been enamoured with the whole idea of tinkering for preschoolers ever since I discovered Gever Tulley and his Tinkering School. I watched the video: I read…
Oct 26th
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bush birthdays →
Wait for me! “What’s the hurry?” “Why is everyone running today?” To get to the birthday party at boat rock of course. The lure…
Oct 25th
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one man's trash is a preschooler's treasure →
One man’s trash is a preschooler’s treasure. Case in point: rolls of plastic garden mesh retrieved from the side of the road during a council clean-up have become: A …
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imaginative play in a tyre →
No sooner had I been oohhing and aahhing about Takoma Park Cooperative Nursery School’s fabulous terrain tubes: than I arrived at preschool to find my lovely colleague was…
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Hide and Seek and Guns « Morgan Leichter-Saxby →
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do real men build with pink bricks? →
We added some paving bricks outside to support the raging interest in building that has gripped many of our boys. Paving bricks aren’t as heavy as your average brick so they…
Oct 19th
we don't want to go home →
You know you must be doing something right when the children don’t want to leave preschool at the end of the day. Our kids took it one step further and decided that they were going to sleep at…
Oct 19th
come tumble with me →
I may not have been blogging much of late, but I have been tumbling up a storm. Do you find it hard to organise all of the excellent ideas you find on blogs? I find it hard…
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Oct 14th
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Homemade Rainbows sets... →
Ideas to show Lila for her Cave People.
Oct 14th
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Sunflower house →
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Oct 12th
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Case Study of a Forest School from Kindling Play... →
I would love to put together a report / document / article on what happens at preschool with our bushland environment (perhaps to share with new parents / existing parents / blog).  This inspires me.
Oct 12th
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Article on value of play based learning in the... →
“Do we prepare children by implementing inappropriate practices just because they may face them in the future?” - Kathy Walker
Oct 12th
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“Long live play based curriculum and let’s hope this latest spate of attempting...”
– Reply to comment | Early Life Foundations - Kathy Walker
Oct 12th
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