IN THE MOMENT
Teachable Moments during Child Led Play
"No set ‘planning’ here! We are led by your child’s interests."
- We look for opportunities to allow learning to take place through child-initiated play.
- We provide opportunities and environments that stimulate curiosity.
- We observe and listen closely so you can follow the child’s lead.
- We pick up on the thing/place/person/idea that has sparked the child’s interest.
- We use open ended questions that ask for a description, rather than a yes/no or other single word answer – these usually start with what/how/why rather that do/is/can - (‘What do you like about that?’ rather than ‘Do you like that?’)
- We praise and reinforce positive learning experiences.
- We record both practitioner/child interactions and child/child interactions.
- We take photographs of this and add to Tapestry as another way of recording progress.
- We use some time for reflecting with the children what they have done/learned/found interesting during that session and feed this into your records.
"The adult goes to the child. The adult doesn’t call the child to come to them."