1. Be open to new ideas and suggestions relating to play. Be supportive of the children and their unique way of looking at the world. This will also assist you to identify children's preference for learning styles.
2. Let the children have enough time and space to finish what they have started or leave it to continue on with the next day or take a photo of what they have achieved. Imagine if you were in your kitchen and you had laid out the ingredients to make a cake and poured in the dry ingredients then someone said, "stop, it's time to pack up", and you had to put it all away until tomorrow. Would you try again tomorrow? or would you be disheartened and unsupported and not try. We want engaged learners who feel supported.
3. Choose materials that are open ended and easy to access. Some creative materials may be boxes of all shapes and sizes, plain shirts and dresses, ties, hats etc that can be dressed up to become anything they choose. Tins of all shapes and sizes, tubing, paints to mix and natural materials. Scarfs and pieces of material.
4. Never discourage daydreaming in early childhood. It's a time when your mind can be free for problem-solving and relaxation. Lay down and look up at the clouds with the children, follow an ant on its path through the garden.
5. Encourage 'wondering' in children. Ask them questions like, "I wonder what is making the wind so strong today?" Listen to their questions and 'wonder' about the answers together. As a teacher you don't need to know all the answers, just how to encourage looking for them and where the answers might be found to start the process.
6. Deep learning from inquiry based learning only comes from narrowing down the creative play experiences offered by adults and being supportive of those of most interest to them. A
assisting children to build on those ideas by providing open ended questioning and props.
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