Irresistible Ideas for play based learning

::: You are such clever and innovative ladies!!!! Your enthusiasm will hopefully spur us all to add and also value what we do.

Julie – Kurboroo Kindergarten

::: Love your site Sherry and Donna you are amazing and an inspiration to us all, well done.

Colleen

::: WOW!!!! Just had a look.  It’s absolutely sensational. You should be very proud of yourselves.

Ellie V Pullin Kindergarten

::: Dear Sherry and Donna, Congratulations on your amazing website Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning. It is brilliant and so are you girls! I just love it. I hope that some of us can contribute to it in the future.

Elizabeth – Ringwood Uniting Church Kindergarten

::: You guys are amazing, congratulations. I’m stealing a couple of ideas right now as they are exactly what I need. Hope I can give back a couple at some point too! Thanks Sherry and Donna!

Alison – North Ringwood Preschool Inc

::: Well done Sherry and Donna! Your creativity always startles me and I have so many ideas from this website I can’t wait to try … Good on you both

Karina – Pinemont Preschool

::: Hi girls, I have just had a VERY quick peruse at your blog and am so impressed! You have done a fantastic job and I do find myself inspired to try something new and different – your goal I imagine. Congratulations on a wonderful resource – I look forward to going through it in more depth when I have a moment. Thanks.

Lara – Croydon North Kindergarten

::: Fantastic sight ladies. Congratulations! It is so readable and can be for the mum at home with a vibrant pre-schooler to formal education use. As a primary school teacher I will certainly be checking your site for ideas. As a Nana, I will be trying some of your ideas when I babysit. Thank you for the inspiration.

Kaye

::: Wow Sherry and Donna you are amazing!!  Where do you get the time??  What a great blog!  Congratulations!

Alison – Croydon Central Kindergarten

::: G’day Sherry and Donna, Fantastic!  You girls have done an absolutely marvelous job setting all of that (website) up.  Now I can see where Jess has come up with all her ideas for play based learning at home!!  Can’t believe that some parents complain about play based learning and want more structure for their children at kinder!!  Hopefully this will convert a few.  Well done!

Jolene

::: Looks great ladies! Assists with clarifying the focus and the importance of play based learning. Regards.

Julia

::: Dear Sherry and Donna, Just had a look at your amazing website. Your ideas are inspirational and will encourage people to get back to basics.  We all need to be reminded of the fact that exploring through play is the best way for the children to learn.  You obviously have put in a lot of time and effort towards this.  We do appreciate it and I have already added one of your great ideas to my program for the week.  Thanks again!

Caroline – Bayswater North Kindergarten

::: Thankyou Sherry and Donna for sharing your amazing ideas.  I teach preps and they will find your ideas fun and inspiring.  It is really difficult to think of new activities for the children but you have made it really easy.  I love your mantre – make it irresistible.

Enza

::: I just wanted to say, what a great site!  Lots of lovely photos and descriptions … and the philosophy of play based learning that I am so passionate about!  Thanks for some much needed inspiration!

Kindergarten @ O.P.S.

::: Hi Sherry and Donna,  The website is absolutely fantastic!!!!!!  You both should be very proud.  The activities are great and the layout is easy to follow and enjoy.  It will be a great base for more ideas and encourage other teachers to collaborate and add to. Thank’s.

Marcella

::: What great ides for active learning.  I greatly appreciate your willingness to share your ideas and so inspire me. As I am starting off with play based learning next year, I look forward to staying in touch with you and your irresistible ideas!  Thanks most sincerely.

Hettie – Nortern Territory

:::  Thanks soooooo much for sending us the information and ideas on play.  It will be well and truly used.  I teach prep and we are using Kathy Walker’s play based philosophy.  It is working wonders.  There are lots of things we can fine tune but your ideas have been very helpful.  Keep in touch.

Chiarina

::: Hi Ladies,  I have just had a quick look at your site.  Fantastic, well done.  I will be sure to recommend it to my teaching friends. Thanks for sharing,

Colleen – Western Australia

::: Hi, it’s 1B here from Upper Coomera on the Gold Coast in Queensland. We are really keen to include play based activities in our year one curriculum.  We have been having lots of fun this year and we are always looking for new ideas.  We wanted to tell you that we love the photos on your website. Love from,

Mrs. Bell and 1B – Upper Coomera Queensland

::: I have just stumbled across your  play based ideas as a link to ‘edna’ which I am new to. It is brilliant!  I am a junior teacher of 6 and 7 year olds and have felt in recent years that the fun has been missing in the outcomes based and accountability directed curriculum.  I am inspired to return to old practices that I used and had forgotten.  I feel I have permission to now.  My prepatory teachers will be very interested in your ideas bank.  Thanks so much. Regards,

Kathy

::: Congratulations Sherry and Donna, what a great resource you have hatched. You are very generous to share your ideas.

Janet

::: Hi Sherry and Donna.  The web page looks amazing. WELL DONE on the site, truly a great achievement. Kindest regards,

Lucia

::: Hi Sherry and Donna,  I have just seen your new web site. It’s terrific!  Well done, your hard work has paid off and the site is beautifully presented.  Your ideas placed in the learning areas makes it very user friendly. Cheers,

Wendy – P.S.F.O.

::: Congratulation! Great ideas and so well done.

Jan

::: As a Prep teach I’m thrilled to see what you’re doing with the kids in your program.  What a wonderful start to school they will have with such rich experiences from you.  Congratulations to you both and keep up this inspiring work.

‘L’.

::: Your enthusiasm is tangible as I look at this site.  Loved the way you used an apple peeling machine to teach the concept of a spiral.  The methods are so much fun. Thanks.

Mary

::: Hello ladies, I am about to embark in the world of transition (kindergarten 4/ 5 year olds) after many years of early childhood and middle primary – always using play as a foundation.  I look forward to being inspired by your website – it is awesome! Our school is trialling an initiative next year where there are three of us who will work together with Preschoolers and transition – age range of 3 1/2 years to 5 years. We are excited!  Thank you for your site ….. Smiles,

Sue – Northern Territory

::: Hi there ladies,  As a former Pre-school teacher and a present special needs teacher I am thrilled to have come across your great ideas. They have put a smile on my face and given me some wonderful ideas.  Thanks again, I will continue to check out your pages.  Kind regards,

Julie

::: Your website is brilliant. Your passion is so evident. This is very appropriate for primary school teachers also.  I will spread the word.  Well done and thank you.

Marg – EMR DEECD

::: … I have read all your posts. I love the care and respect you show when setting up the learning environments and I intend to steal some of your ideas!

Jenny

::: Hi Ladies, I just want to say THANK YOU! I am an ECE trained teacher and have been working mainly in Junior Primary (currently year 1) and have been told by my Principal that I will most likely be in Kindy next year.  Your website has gotten me excited and sent the idea juices flowing, so thank you for inspiring me!

Jasmin

::: I am inspired every time I visit your site and plan on being a regular visitor! The effort you put in to ensuring experiences are aesthetically appealing is amazing…it highlights your commitment and respect for the children in your centre, and as a like minded professional is heartwarming to see! Keep up the fantastic work.

Miss Jojo

::: Hi! I’m a graduate teacher starting my first kinder job and I wanted to let you know how inspiring your website has been! Its given me so many ideas and inspired me to start thinking outside the box with the limited space we have.  Thank you so much for being such an inspiration and for taking the time to share the beautiful work that you’ve been doing! Cheers!

Esther

::: Hi there Great to look over your website.  I am also a kindergarten teacher and now a parent so it is a great resource.

Kind Regards

Stephanie