busy, busy play = busy, busy ‘mess’
Any body who has been following our blog since it began last September will know our mantra is “make it irresistible” and that every day we strive to make our center and activities as irresistible as we can in order to attract our students to experience all they can! Well, a little while ago, Jenny from over at “Progressive Early Childhood Education” (see link) left us a comment saying:
“I’d love to see what your table looks like at the end of an activity! They always look so inviting and pleasing at the beginning but I can’t imagine that the hive of activity they must inspire would leave them that way.“
Well Jenny you are absolutely right, lots of play means lots of ‘mess’, so here are the before and after snap shots of some of the activities our children really enjoyed during week one, 2010.
Invention Table … before.
and … after!
Playdough … before.
and playdough … after!
(The yellow playdough only lasted a couple of days and the blue is looking pretty shoddy already!)
Dinosaur play .. before.
dinosaurs … after!
Puzzle area .. before.
and … after!
Bush box, fishing game … before.
… after!
Colour matching game … before.
Colour matching game … after!
Block play … before.
whoaaaa! … and after!
Well Jenny there you have it! Lots and lots of busy play naturally means lots and lots of busy mess. So you know what happens next … we set it all up again and wait for more busy, busy play!
Thanks for you comment Jenny. If any body else has anything they would like to see or hear about, please feel free to ‘Contact Us‘ we’d be very happy to share with you!!
HI,
I love your blog! I’ve been trolling through old posts and really enjoying reading about your centre and especially love all the photos (visual person here!). You’ve given me some great ideas too
Louise
Ah, thank you for showing me the mess (or should I say evidence of creative process and learning!). I don’t feel so bad now
I’m envious of your circular invention table too. And as usual, I just want to copy all your setups! Thanks again, Jenny
oh, how glad i am to find this site!
thanks to jenny for pointing me this way.
eager to read more.
thank you, kristin