Set up stations with different activities each day for children to choose from during free play time.
Children also need enough time to become fully engaged and try more than one activity, plan for about two
hours of play.
Introduces fantasy play by playing alongside children to initiate and stimulate play at the start of free play.
Dolls, prams, blankets, kitchenware, stools, tables, empty containers, empty grocery boxes, telephones, keyboards, calculators, cash register, play food, stationary (envelopes, pens, paper), dress up clothes, cots, cars, stethoscope, syringe (no needle), empty medicine boxes/containers, hats, coats, shoes, bags, cases, child size broom and mop, books, address/phone books, table cloths, flashlights, newspaper, junk mail, big boxes, dolls house furniture, bandages, clipboards
Encourage imaginative play by:
Assortment of blocks – size, texture, make, shape, figurines, small cars, trains, planes, demarcated area, flat surface, plan to build to, diagrams to copy
Game has to be taught or demonstrated
Open ended toys – Lego, felt boards, collectables, nuts and bolts, cooperative games – board games, self-correcting games – shape sorters, puzzles, maths games – matching, sorting, snakes and ladders, language games – feely bags, classifying
Demonstrate the following actions to the children:
Different clays – colour, texture, cookie cutters, clay boards, rolling pins, kitchen utensils, masher, scissors, string,
bobbles, beads, feathers, sticks
Use different kinds of writing instrument daily
Paper – different size, colour, texture, writing tools – pens, crayons, chalk, ink, stencils, print to copy – names, newspapers, letters, number
Books are displayed standing up right
Books, magazines, newspapers, homemade books, photo albums with comfortable seating, sufficient light
Paper (different size, colour, texture), cardboard, newspaper, crinkle paper, plastic, stencils, paint, khoki’s, pencils, pens, crayons, glitter pens, shells, twigs, leaves, stones, ink, stamps, straws, string, paint brushes, scissors, feathers, bobbles, beads, ribbon, pipe cleaners, rice, sawdust, sand, chalk boards, scrap material, polystyrene, egg boxes, empty tubs, seeds, buttons, feathers, bottle tops, egg shells, cellophane, pencil sharpening’s, ice cream sticks, dry pasta, wool, used dry tea bags, pastels, cork, foam, glue (Bostic, cold glue), Prestik, toilet rolls, cotton wool, lace, tin foil, confetti
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