SAND AND WATER TABLES

This is a blog for early childhood teachers looking for ways to expand and enrich play and learning in and around their sand and water tables with easy-to-make, low-cost apparatus. It may also be of interest for anyone who appreciates children's messy play.

Friday, January 27, 2012

PUT IT IN THE BUCKET

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Back in July of 2010, my second post on this blog was called:  5 GALLON PAIL .  The gist of the post was that there is always a bucket next ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

HORIZONTAL CHANNELS REVISITED

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One of my favorite sensory apparatus is the Horizontal Channels. This apparatus is a large box that is long, flat, and narrow and has one...
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Saturday, January 14, 2012

TABLE COVERING WITH HOLES: USING A NEW MEDIUM

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I specifically built the  Table Covering with Holes out of wood because I also wanted to use it for water play.  Since I still wanted to co...
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Saturday, January 7, 2012

COMBINING APPARATUS: TABLE COVERING WITH HOLES AND CARDBOARD TUBES

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Combining apparatus creates more complex and intriguing spaces for the children to explore.  One of the reasons it is more complex and intri...
Monday, January 2, 2012

THANK YOU

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Many of the bloggers I follow are posting their top 10.  I am a bit of a rebel, so I naturally resist.  (I have been a man in EC for over 30...
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

ACTS OF KINDNESS

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I work for a public school district in Minnesota.  As part of the district, we are required to pursue some of our staff development in a ...
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Saturday, December 10, 2011

TABLE COVERING WITH HOLES

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The following apparatus takes advantage of axiom #5 on the right: Children are compelled by nature to put things in holes.   This apparatus ...
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Tom Bedard
Early childhood education has been my life for over 40 years. I have taught all age groups from infants to 5-year-olds. I was a director for five years in the 1980s, but I returned to the classroom 22 years ago. My passion is watching the ways children explore and discover their world. In the classroom, everything starts with the reciprocal relationships between adults and children and between the children themselves. With that in mind, I plan and set up activities. But that is just the beginning. What actually happens is a flow that includes my efforts to invite, respond and support children's interface with those activities and with others in the room. Oh yeh, and along the way, the children change the activities to suit their own inventiveness and creativity. Now the processes become reciprocal with the children doing the inviting, responding and supporting. Young children are the best learners and teachers. I am truly fortunate to be a part of their journey.
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