January 2025
We have a foldable floor chair for educators to use in the program. One day after rest time, a child, M, was exploring it. At one point he got down on his hands and knees, and crawled through the arch of the back of the chair. He stood up, walked around and did it again. Another child, L, saw this and watched as M went through another time. M stood and looked at L, then patted the chair, prompting him to try too. This got another two children involved, all four of them taking turns going through the arch of the chair. This was an interest of theirs a couple of months ago when we’d noticed they liked to crawl under chairs and tables so we had brought out tunnels. They seem to be revisiting the schematic play concept of enclosing and tunnel exploration. This is also quite a social group, encouraging their peers to join in their play and to play alongside them with turn-taking. We’re so interested in what these children are investigating and learning, reveling in opportunities of child-led explorations.
Megan Ahtila, RECE
Keara Fiset, RECE, OCT
Hailee King, RECE