by kindlinglily | Feb 20, 2011 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
In a recent post a new provocation came from the children. My job when I am in this particular school is to follow the children’s lead and extend their ideas. This can be really exciting, especially as it is a large Foundation Stage with 100+ three to five...
by kindlinglily | Feb 4, 2011 | Theory and Ideas
Last night a group of newly qualified reception teachers came to the Foundation Stage Unit where I am doing some work with three to five year-olds. The lead teacher was talking about the ethos of the setting where I work and how the planning is built around the...
by kindlinglily | Nov 29, 2010 | Case Studies
As the children had their lunch I went up to the treehouse site (if you are new to this project then catch up here and here). I wanted to check things over and see what things looked like without half a dozen small bodies on top of the walls and door frame. A group of...
by kindlinglily | Nov 28, 2010 | Case Studies
Last week I began a child led project with a foundation stage group of children to build a treehouse. It was a very process oriented project. The children were content to have moved from hammering, sawing and drilling around a table inside, to have moved to hammering,...
by kindlinglily | Nov 19, 2010 | Case Studies
After the popularity of the work bench in the Atelier I was reflecting on how we could keep developing our skills with the tools and make a collaborative project. I also wanted to take the work bench outside. Over the next few sessions we have some different tools,...