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.

Saturday, April 25, 2015

WATER BEADS 1

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About three years ago, there was a phenomenon all over the blogosphere: Water Beads. I even got in on the action by introducing water beads...

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Sunday, April 19, 2015

BUBBLE CAKE

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Last week when I was looking over my pictures for the Giant Sponge with Jewels , I came upon a set of pictures that gave me pause. The ...

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

GIANT SPONGE WITH JEWELS

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The Giant Sponge is a sponge that is as big as the sensory table. Maybe calling it a sponge is not technically correct. It is foam mattress...

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Saturday, April 4, 2015

NEW AXIOM: SEEKING OUT PHYSICAL CHALLENGES.

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Two years ago, I wrote a post on the Quest for Physical Challenges . Since that time, I often find myself appreciating the children's a...

Saturday, March 28, 2015

MERZBAU

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Last April I received and email from a fellow teacher, Aaron Senitt, who teaches in a kindergarten in Guelph, Canada. In the email, he atta...

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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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