T- Lately I have been noticing that friendships with your peers are beginning to play a more important role in your day at Mt Royal.  Especially your friendships with T and A.

T today outside you were working on your jumping skills. T you are great at jumping on the spot and so brave jumping off the boxes.

T you were outside playing with T and A. You were climbing on the big boxes and wanted to jump off with your friends but they were a bit unsure . So I suggested you try from the little green box. This then presented a problem though, as the green box was only big enough for one person to jump off at a time. Where as the big boxes all three of you can jump off at once.

I observed you all to see if you could solve this problem on your own but turn taking never came up. So I stepped in and put turn taking in place. You all were so wonderful at respecting each others turns.  You patiently waited on the side for your turn to come. You also clapped in support when your friends had jumped off the box.

T you are finding it is not always easy forming friendships and playing with others as it means a lot of compromise which is difficult no matter what age you are. T you have a lovely disposition and I look forward to seeing how your friendships grow and develop.

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Pathways and possibilities

To encourage and support T  when she finds it difficult in her friendships. To play team games and which encourage turn taking.

Links to Te Whariki

Communication Goal 1 LO 1– Children develop reciprocal skills such as turn taking and offering.

Contribution Goal 3 LO 1-Children develop strategies and

skills for initiating , maintaining and enjoying a relationship

with other children-including turn taking, problem solving

and negotiation…

A- Last week I set up a shaving foam exploration learning experience for you and your friends, from the look  on your face and how you spent a long time exploring the shaving foam you seemed to really enjoy the learning experience. I wanted to continue your interest in exploring the shaving foam, so I set up the shaving foam learning experience again with the added element of dye. This was so I could extend your knowledge on colours and colour mixing while having lots of fun. A you looked like you were having a great time working on your gross and fine motor skills by squeezing, pressing and making patterns in the shaving foam. A you had a huge smile on your face and you loved sharing with me what you were doing and experiencing as it was happening. When the dye came out you enquired as to what it was? I told you it was dye and with the dye droppers we are going to put dye onto the shaving foam and see what happens. A you could not wait to add this new element to the shaving foam, you eagerly used the dropper and put the colour on the foam. You enjoyed watching how the dye ran down the foam and changed the colour where the dye touched the foam. A you looked like you really enjoyed mixing the colours as you had a huge smile on your face and you were moving your hands really fast when you were mixing the dye into the foam.

A we had three colours on the table, yellow, blue and purple. We talked about the colours, you knew all of them well done. We also talked about what might happen if we put all three of the colours on the shaving foam. When I asked you what might happen you told me you didn’t know. A I really enjoyed being on this learning journey with you and getting to know you and your humorous personality.

Pathways and Possibilities

To extend A learning of numbers using other messy play learning experiences.

To work on A’s knowledge of colours in Te Reo.

Links to Te Whariki The Early Childhood Curriculum

Strand 5 Exploration Goal 1 LO4 and LO6

The knowledge that trying things out, exploration and curiosity are important and valued ways of learning.

The knowledge that playing with ideas and materials with no objective in mind can be enjoyable, creative and valid approach to learning.

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