The final few days of summer are here along with 90 degree temps. What better way to cool down and celebrate these last few days than with every kid's favorite thing: water! Monday morning, I created a "car wash" in the water table. The kids had a blast scrubbing the toy cars and splashing in the bubbly water. Here's what you'll need: I did our car wash in the water table, but I've also made this an indoor activity and filled medium sized Sterilite plastic bins with water (or baking pans…

Loose Parts Provocation!

Children loved exploring the autumn tuff spot

Invitation to explore pattern & shape

@kristina.wedewer: “A nest building #learninginvitation with cinnamon playdough, natural materials, yarn, and little…”

Last week had a bit of everything in it for me. I did some work in settings, writing and a conference delivery and the common thread to the whole week was making judgements about progress in…

Some of the best Tuff Tray set ups and inspiration on the web! Great for children of all ages!!

Where do seeds come from investigation

Healthy food and unhealthy food. Here, in the black tray they can sort the food thinking about which may be a bit of both as well

Colour mixing

Match the numicon to the number bag and pop it inside!! #toughspot #blacktray

Activities linked with lines and pattern in the Early Years from Rachel (",)

This project and center came about when we were studying plants, flowers, and sequencing. You can see that our sunflowers had begun sprouting in their egg cartons. The children were really excited about that and it gave us an opportunity to talk about the parts of a plant. I had previously left the sprouts out so that my co-teachers could help me keep and eye out and water them when I was not there. By co-teachers, I mean we share a room. There are three of us in the room and three separate…

It's Summer at Stomping... Dig out your mother's old doilies - the children love them! Wat...