Assignment 3 - Invitations to Play

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Invitations to play The environments we create for children are invitations to play, learn and explore. Critical and careful choices while setting up our space opens meaningful engagements, constructions and representations for children to navigate through their creativity without any obstruction. Below are some examples of invitations to provoke learning through the power of a learning space. Invitation to focus on creative arts and materials. Title Open play with numbers, counts, threads and measurements. Learning possibilities (children aged 3-5 years) o Encourage children to explore, solve problems, communicate, analyse, generate ideas and understandings. o Learning new vocabulary and numeracy through socially mediated opportunities. o Vast array of learning i.e., mathematical, literary, shapes, colours, scientific and artistic. Rationale including Resources and arrangement.
With the availability of materials shown in the picture above, children are welcome to play with coloured threads of different sizes, seashells, coins, lentils, measuring tape and play dough to stick on. Inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach and Debi Kyte- Hartland’s ‘Children as Ideas makers’ video, the purpose is to initiate open play with loose parts promoting numbers, counts, materials and scales peaking children’s’ curiosity, inquiry and interdependence. The use of household items enhances memory connection along with cognitive skills, focus and engagement improving sensory processing. The invitation to play using creative arts and materials also develops children’s fine motor skills, as moulding, assorting, cutting, beading etc. promotes physical activity. Children can be given an insight to cultural diversity and traditions through thread beading as done in indigenous arts-based approaches (Ansloos et al., 2022) Invitation to focus on an experience for children that supports oral language development.   Title Alliteration – ‘I went shopping and I bought ..’ Learning possibilities (children aged 3-4 years) o Helps to develop early phonological awareness skills. o Can recognise words with the same initial sound. o Purposeful listening and remembering and developing pre-reading skills.
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