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A little “in the moment” bit of magic from today...
So- one of my focus children was sat making a picture for her mum. She had drawn some flowers and written mummy.
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A little “in the moment” bit of magic from today...
So- one of my focus children was sat making a picture for her mum. She had drawn some flowers and written mummy.
2. I commented on how much mummy would love it and she said she wanted to write daddy, her cats name and sister too. I introduced finger spaces to her, modelled some correct formation and she wrote “To mummy and Daddy and “cats name” and “sister’s name” love from “Sarah”
3. I asked her about the tall flower and she said it was a sunflower. I commented that reminded of me of the Eric scarlet story “The tiny seed” and provided her with the book. We looked carefully at the illustration and she drew her sunflower- thinking about colour and shapes.
4. I then wondered if she’d like to add some seeds. She did and we looked at how the leaves went in pairs. I modelled counting 2,4,6. She then immediately commented “look at the seeds 3 and 3 is 6. Look at the leaves 3 and 3 is six. And that makes 12!
5. Other children around her were inspired to make pictures for their families too! Writing names and drawing flowers with great care. Before we knew it the table was full.
6. As a nursery nurse whose bread and butter is play, child development and the importance of observation- the work of @annaephgrave @ftlnetwork has liberated me and given me and my team the permission to do what we have always known is right for young children.
7. Right now with talk of eyfs reforms and the move to formality slipping into the EYs door (especially YrR)- we have to hold tight and stand up for what is right. For me, my team, my children, my setting, it’s working “in the moment”.
8. Always has been. Always will be. We will not be going back to the dark ages of preplanned topics and focus activities.
9. I will continue to challenge anyone who questions the power of working in this way, the power of beginning with children in a bid to steer us towards models where child development is disregarded.
10. How about you?
