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 | Dec 29, 2010 | Theory and Ideas
Even in that frantic run up to Christmas the Foundation stage children (aged three to five) who had been working on the treehouse were reflective of their experiences. The tree house building which has been recorded here and here ground to a halt when we found we had...
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,...
by kindlinglily | Oct 26, 2010 | Crafts and Projects
I remember back to when I first started working with children, and I remember distinctly the first group of children I ever took into the woods. We followed a trail that was marked with posts and signs and the children loved running from one signpost to another,...
by kindlinglily | Oct 21, 2010 | Case Studies, Forest School
Kindling delivered a training day with a wonderful enthusiastic group of Early Years practitioners on Monday. To end the session we talked about how being outdoors makes us feel. We had been in the woods for most of the day and I asked them, based on the emotions and...
