In a meeting the other day, the Owl teachers discussed strategies to encourage new kinds of dramatic play in our classroom. We realized that Owls have for a while now loved to play chasing games and animal games in that area, but what could be done to challenge them in new ways? Then it hit us: classroom makeover! So today, we shifted around some things in the far end of the room.
Upon exploring, you'll notice that the cozy box that we made earlier in the year has shifted to a more central position. The play kitchen appliances have shifted, as have many of the dress up props. Together, this has created a new, more intimate dramatic play area.
We transferred our large platform blocks out into the hallway and moved our blocks shelf over. We acquired more blocks from our downstairs storage area (we also grabbed a few fun new toys from there, including a small play farm), so we cleaned off another shelf to hold the new additions. The shifted shelves open up our back corner in a very big way, and the idea behind this is to encourage more elaborate buildings with the unit blocks with the use of many different building materials.
Before we moved our platformed blocks to the hall, we wanted to keep track of the blocks we had in our room, since this was only a temporary action. We organized the blocks by shape, then counted them all. Friends took down the data for our official Owl records.
Other Owlings:
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| Babies like to.... |
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| "The jungle and the bridge to Earth" |
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| More Zingo! |
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| Building a car |
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