#Kinderchat Archive
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Monday April 11, 2016
3:30 PM EDT
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I am a little freaked out by the fact my # is green tonight, is it in honour of the green team being up for the chat
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hi Michelle how are you? how's studying going?
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on my twitter on the mac book yes!!
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going ok thanks! I took a week off to decorate my bedroom last week though, so trying to get back to it!
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oh that's interesting!!! I want that too!!
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Hello - are you all back at work after the break? We went back a week ago.
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Hi Everyone! Please be sure you are following and who lead tonights chat!! Hi to all!!
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ah it's tough getting back into it but worth it in end!
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got my 4 week teaching placement as of next week!!!
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Oh! everyone seems to have very different holidays indeed
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I haven't been off! π’ but our kids go back next week.
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yeah, our Easter hols were nowhere near Easter...
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Am sure you are excited more than nervous, 4 weeks will fly by.
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ah great you'll be fine I'm sure the children will love you!
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Let me think of her handle- she may have moved too- not sure!
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I loved just being off & not having to get out of the house before 8 every morning!
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yeah it's weird Edinburgh went back today but borders go back next week!
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Thanks both :) I do love it - I'm just desperate to do well!
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that was so nice!! My favorite part!! :) Hello Kierna!!! xo
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Helllloooo!!! :) How are you?!
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yeah I love holidays when you get to stay in bed!
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I'm good thanks! How are you?
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snoozing the alarm is the best feeling in the world!!
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hello Heidi how's you today?
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So sorry late to chat and will drop in when I can
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maybe your hashtag is eco friendly :p
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Agreed! We have a full week this week, only 4 days the following & 3 the next after that!
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Today I was watching my schoolies playing and loved that they were really using their imagination during their play outside
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Wow!! Yay!! Hello!! It's been so long! How are you??!
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Hi Nicola - any contributions always welcome.
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Very well over here! Working on a paper mache project!!
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It was so cold over here today we had to go inside after an hour to defrost some of the children!
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I know! It's been a while... my news if you haven't heard already is that I'm pregnant!! Eeeeeks!!
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EEeeeeeep!! Congratulations!!
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Have been following along on instagram - loved the drawing of you & the baby :)
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yes it was freezing here too! So much for spring!! π·πΊπΈ
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RT Are there any kindergarten teachers in or near Stockholm out there?!
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the sun was nice here but the wind was bitter!!
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wow congratulations!!! That's great!!! A baby πΆπ»
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Celebrate with a great read! We recommend: "Teaching Character In Early Childhood Education"https://t.co/xVMzbCO6op
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awww I love that picture! I shall treasure it always!!
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Are you really!?! OMG!! Congratulations!!! Such good news!! What a year you've had!! Fabulous!! xoxo
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hee hee!! Don't, I'm already itching to set up a tapestry account!!!
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Bonjour Γ tous les amis enseignants de la petite enfance de la France lΓ -bas ce soir!
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Anyone else find that one group creates 'their' space, then moves on & the next group doesn't connect with the space in same way
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thank you lovely!!! Yes it's been a busy one!!
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I love love love painting stones!!!
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We have a "famous person" coming to our school- a poet- so we are making her a present! :)
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hah! Aww it's lovely news! I am so unbelievably broody at the moment but have to finish degree first!
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I think this is a lovely way to build up ownership, you can add stones each year etc.
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love these! Rocks have a lovely sensory appeal as well, our children are attached to their name rocks.
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yes I find this in our garden it doesn't always have same importance that first children put on it
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Agreed. As a child I often liked to find a really smooth stone/ pebble. Something soothing about it
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ooooo name rocks haven't thought about those??!!! Maybe a good idea for next lot!
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Sometimes all it takes is for the new group to add something like a new layer of paint or plants to feel it's theirs
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Yay πππππππ putting on my 'surprised' face ππfab news
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We call them rock babies - like bottle babies!
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Children can be very territorial too about areas they have created. Unsure whether to allow others in
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My class at moment are really bad at putting things back & then they complain when they can't find 'their' stick etc!
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we've used the mosaic approach to find out more about how the children view their surroundings 1/2
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2/2 often different to what the adults perceive as 'inviting'.
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true, children are not really bothered about it all looking pretty etc. they like it to be 'useful'
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yes they like to be able to make things have a use in their play.
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ah that hot potato! no I mean just dropping things as they finish with them etc. Tidy up time is like a treasure hunt
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I had camo netting over the mud kitchen which I thought looked great but I was reliably informed that it was 'annoying'
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Oh they can be so brutally honest!
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haaaa- they do tell the truth so well, don't they!? :) haaa
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Today children were playing with hoops blue hoop was police car yellow hoop was baddie!!
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haha yes we have this too some of our children literally fling it over their head when finished! We're like eh no!
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also when we created a water system on the climbing frame and days later 'can we clear all that off now?'
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Exactly! I have a class of transporters this year too.
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oh dear, good job we have thick skins huh?
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I always have loads of transporters!
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We've been sanding, pulling off "fibers" off our sticks- we wet them, made a pulp which now we are rolling, pressing and drying
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have to have for sure!! :)
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I am devastated that this class don't interact with the Bottle babies at all or Bear Woods - they really dislike it.
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yes transporters are very interesting to watch we find they do it more inside though.
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Neighbor kid came to play at my moms years ago- got into dollhouse, told my mom "you can go now"
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transporters = children who have the transporting schema. Like to carry toys etc around with them
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Sometimes find that with different age grow sharing same space too- 3's and 5's very diff!
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that is interesting ours are more obvious outside - or are better at putting it back inside!
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wow it's funny eh the things some children love others find uninteresting and not challenging enough
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each group is totally unique and tends to gravitate towards different things- always amazes me!!
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I'm sure I would love your bottle babies and bear woods maybe I should come!
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yeah we just had to accept they are happy in the playground & don't want to leave it to go to BW
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I instantly recognize the behavior but have NEVER ONCE heard that described in US?! Wow!! Looking up more info
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Heehee! Hoping they'll embrace it more in the 'warmer' weather - if we get any!
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Ha a bit of choose it, use it, put it away πthey're far too busy learning for tidying faff!
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Oh you will love researching all about schemas - you could get lost for ages!
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it's a schema it's a trait that some children will have & keep repeating until they worked through their interest
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Really am totally amazed!! Know exactly the behaviors but wow-have never heard this term before!!
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tbh, I was only introduced to them through the manager of my prev nursery. No-one had ever mentioned b4
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Honestly there is so much great stuff on them & you will start looking at ch so differently!
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ours use every area to hide things in bags and boxes perhaps it indicate ms we need more loose parts outside
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haha that's the exact page I found- love the naming of those repeated behaviors- YES!! WOW!!!
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it's so important! Without the knowledge - adults may get frustrated at certain behaviours
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I find it takes a while of them asking 'can I move this, paint this etc. for them to buy into the space as it being theirs.
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Exactly! Once you can see why it's much easier to understand & actually appreciate it.
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spot the schema is a great booklet to explain all the aspects wrote it loved it
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will take a look! Thanks :)
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I find it easier to observe schemas outdoors - they seem more in depth in them in our playground if that makes sense?
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yes I agree but once they catch on that that it's theirs they move everything to suit their play better! It's great!
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RT spot the schema is a great booklet to explain all aspects wrote it loved it
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I find it so interesting how children can behave and PLAY so differently outdoors compared to indoors
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And they always come up with so many different ways to use the same thing in various ways.
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Oh indeed, it can be like 2 different children sometimes.
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I knew *need* of carrying little things around but never thought of it like this-LOVE!
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me too that's why I love outdoors so many more possibilities for all children
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Wait until you read all about enveloping!
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I love this about children their imaginations never fail to amaze me! I wish I could see things the way a child does!
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Love those "Eureka" moments :D
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NEVER would have thought of the endless taping as extension of peek-a-boo- WOW
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It's been too long for me and this is just FANTASTIC!!! LOVE IT
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I think our jobs are the next best thing - we do get to see it everyday & sometimes we are allowed to join in too
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oh now actually this is a good question haha name your favourite schema!
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oh me too! And to just be totally free to play! Growing up is rubbish :( (30 next year - boohoo!!)
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Ah you're still a young thing - try being 4 years away from 50! This job keeps me young - I hope!
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Enclosure!! I love dens and making hidey-spaces
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mine for sure is transformation. Mud pies, food being changed I def had this when I was little
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I think it is so important to cater for all schemas in your outdoor space.
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Having spaces that allow children to add to them, move them about & make them theirs allows them to engage with the space
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And I think it's important we don't over plan - the children need to feel they have had a say in how the space feels.
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no problem! Great resource!
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How do you encourage chn to make choices and decisions about they set up of a space?
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Just shared w my colleagues! Great!!!
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RT And I think it's important we don't over plan -children need to feel they have had a say in how the space feels.
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Initially it does take an adult to show them the possibilities but then they begin to take charge.
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Great resource!! Thank you1!
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Ah, so modelling and then taking a step back.
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we ensure that everyday the area is blank space full of large movable items to encourage children to change it
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