Tag: provocations
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Following the Interest of a Child
Before we went on winter break I captured these pictures from the morning preschool sessions. 🙂 Using puzzle pieces and a small wooden bowl I set up a provocation for the morning. 🙂 Here is a small example of emergent curriculum. I based this provocation off of what I saw happening in class. The […]
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Provocation and a Child’s Interest
I’ve talked before about how young children sometimes will be curious about a provocation or not. I’ve also talked about how using the materials you have is a great way to incorporate recycling into your curriculum. Above I had set up a small provocation using boxes, blocks and wooden dolls, our fairies. And I […]
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Fabric and Buttons!
Using textures and small manipulatives like buttons for beginning patterning provocations is another way to introduce mathematic concepts to young minds in a non-intrusive way. This is an example of how you can display biggest to smallest using buttons. The idea when setting up provocations like this one with fabric and buttons, is to keep in […]
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Flower, Paint and Crayon Provocation
This may look daunting, but just wait, I will explain. 🙂 I set up a lavender rhododendron, purple and pink tempera paint (washable), two different paint brushes, green and brown crayons, small rectangular paper and finally blue play dough. I also made sure there were half filled jars of water with rocks at […]
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Oil Pastel Provocation
Oil pastels have such a soft texture and so much pigment! As you can see below in the picture frame, this four year old child was very happy drawing with about four different colors of oil pastels. This particular child did not use water to smudge the drawing, but rather his fingers, however the effect, […]
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What Would You DO?
“Hmm…what can I do with paper, pencil and scissors?” “I can draw anything I want. Then I […]
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Reggio Inspired Provocations with Flowers
As a Teacher I know there are countless ways in which to implement lessons, set up provocations, encourage interests for young children, so I thought I would show some ways in which I like to set up a simple provocation. Initial set up is aesthetically pleasing to me, the adult, but I never know for […]
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