september 2024
Relationship Building through Natural Play
September is a time of renewal as we prepare for the change of season, new classrooms, teachers, new friendships or the rekindling of old. We revisit the agreements and work on relationship building in the program. Currently we had a large donation of tracks to the program with no instructions or pictures. Several children worked in unison to try to attach the tracks making sense of the structures to be created. The process has been very interesting to observe as children problem solve together and use critical thinking. Some children had recognized the pieces and recalled how it may be used. Others took interest in the size and dimension of the track as well as sorting through the colour schemes in hope that they go together. The "Hot wheels” track was put together on the first day just by trial and error. The children came to an agreement about what type of tracks are in the bins. They agreed on Hot Wheels, Thomas the Train and Peppa Pig. We search these up to get an idea of what they possibly look like as finished products. It truly has been a fun process and great to see the children work together.
Cristy Kuokkanen SSW