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Natural materials in the learning environment

Natural materials in the learning environment. Providing experiences across the areas of development. Students to brainstorm the areas of development: Physical, social, emotional & psychological, cognitive, language, creative, spiritual and moral. Balancing the environment .

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Natural materials in the learning environment

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  1. Natural materials in the learning environment

  2. Providing experiences across the areas of development Students to brainstorm the areas of development: • Physical, social, emotional & psychological, cognitive, language, creative, spiritual and moral

  3. Balancing the environment • Balancing the environment so that children have opportunities to develop skills in all developmental areas is an important part of an educator’s role.

  4. Balancing the environment • We need to follow the interests of the children • There are needs for quiet and noisy areas • There are needs for passive and active areas • Needs for group sizes • Balance of activities that allows for experiences across all developmental areas

  5. Balancing the environment Students in small groups to draw indoor and outdoor Playsessionand explain how the activities included in each learning centre could provide opportunities for children to enhance their skills in the various areas of development

  6. Balancing the environment • Discuss the planning of these environments to incorporate appropriate levels of challenge where children are encouraged to explore, experiment and take appropriate risks in their learning

  7. Balancing the environment • This shows you that all areas of development are linked and that any experience you make for children will offer opportunities to develop more than just one area in isolation.

  8. Natural materials in the environment Introduce: Frederick by Leo Lionnihttp://www.amazon.com/Frederick-Leo-Lionni/dp/0394826140#reader_0394826140

  9. Natural materials in the environment “The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle http://www.eric-carle.com/home.html

  10. Natural materials in the environment “Where the forest meets the sea” by Jeannie Baker Jeannie Baker made two extensive field trips to the Daintree Wilderness to research and collect materials.These relief collages are constructed from a multitude of materials, including modeling clay, papers, textured materials, preserved natural materials, and paints.

  11. Natural materials in the environment • Show Andy Goldsworthy slides, Stickworks playhouses

  12. Natural materials in the environment • Show Andy Goldsworthy slides, Stickworks playhouses

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