THE MAGIC OF CHILDREN'S PLAY!'
" There are two essential partners in creativity. I call them whimsy and logic. Whimsy is daydreaming... flights of the imagination... out of control thinking... magical thinking... intuitive, impulsive, fanciful thinking. Most early learners are naturally whimsical".
Dave Brown (Patch Theatre Co.)
“There is a garden in every childhood, an enchanted place where colours are brighter, the air softer, and the morning more fragrant than ever again.”
Elizabeth Lawrence.
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
Pablo Picasso
Tag Cloud
- outdoor play
- pretend play
- Nature play
- Imaginative play
- sensory play
- children gardening
- emergent curriculum
- sandpit play
- science play
- risk assessment
- Cooperative play
- seasons
- children's literature
- messy play
- playground blitz
- preschool playground
- Playscapes
- Vegetable garden
- Children and nature
- wood collage
- children's art
- fun play
- gross motor play
- Mud play
- children building
- children's picture books
- collaborative play
- light table
- patterns
- mandalas
- children animals
- children's woodwork
- creative woodwork
- 3D woodwork
- preschool storage
- International mud day
- chalk boards
- digging patch
- autumn play
- children's drawing
- playground make over
- children's weaving
- boat play
- playground makeover
- preschool transition
- buddy bears
- pirate play
- children's literacy
- reggio emilia
- children's drama
- lady gowrie training video
- NEYLF
- early childhood education australia
- water play
- animals in preschool
- Measurement
- Sand play
- tree climbing
- Dry creek bed
- science concepts
- Sustainable practices
- Vegetable patch
- Minature playscapes
- Stick play
- Shop play
- Loose parts
- Cooperative games
- National Quality Standards
- risky play
- children design
- spring play
- children woodwork
- 3D art
- Yabbies
- animals preschool
- outdoor art spaces
- children's art spaces
- Spring fun
- spring activities
- 3D collage
- the three bears
- fairytales
- children's motor skills
- math's play
- sorting activity
- counting activity
- maths concepts in play
- preschool room
- drawing
- children's tunnels
- waterplay
- climbing frame
- outdoor equipment
- children's black boards
- goop play
- tactile play
- color play
- mixing colors
- children's art activities
- color mixing
- school transition
- starting school
- starting preschool
- school transition. starting school
- children reading
- children's painting
- reggio art
- easel art
- children's creative expression
- preschool concert
- preschool performance
- preschool drama
- natural play toys
- woodwork play
- toy crane
- preschool volunteers
- national early years learning framework
- national early years learning frame work
- playdough activities
- playdough fun
- playdough themes
- children's games
- children's play
- early childhood education blog
- ece blog
- preschool blog
- teacher's blog
- kindergarten blog
- children's sewing
- dough
- cloud dough
- children's science
- child behavior-challenging behavior-memorable child
- spring play-spring fun-spring activities
- tadpoles-frogs-aqua gems-sensory play
- chickens
- chicken hatching
- incubating eggs
- tadpoles
- frogs
- metamorphosis
- keeping tadpoles
- keeping frogs
- storage solutions
- organizing equipment
- playdough
- toothpick construction
- preschool maths
- child artist
- Howard Gardner
- Multiple Intelligences
- Image of the Child
- springtime activities
- growing bulbs
- water wall
- wild action
- wild animals
- australian animals
- delta sand
- moon sand
- dough ideas
- aliens
- woolly aliens
- wool crafts
- early childhood blogs
- education blogs
- edu-blog awards
- celery printing
- hessian printing
- Salt crystals
- Salt Painting
- Eye-dropper painting
- Volume
- Resources
- Supplies
- Books
- Equipment
- Childhood memories
- Reading
- Reading with chidren
- children's books
- Mixing colours
- Bamboo pens
- Construction
- Natural playgrounds
- Seaside play
- intentional teaching
- Earth day
- recycled materials
- Truck play
- Chemistry in play
- Light table play
- Maths concepts
- Sorting
- Matching
- Planting vegetables
- Growing Vegetables
- Art projects
- Collaborative Art
- Scarecrow
- Autumn playscapes
- Herb garden
- Winter Playscapes
- Alaskan playscapes
- Children's playscapes
- Teaching respect
- Respect and children
- Brain research
- The thinking child
- Fertile Minds
- Oscar fish
- Pet care
- Autonomy in children
- Independent play
- Agency in children
- Vision of the child
- Independent learning
- Self motivated learning
- Independence in children
- Planet Ark
- Tree planting
- Mud pie play
- Puddle play
- Jumping in puddles
- Hammer and tacks
- Fine-motor skills
- children hammer
- Mudpie kitchen
- Train play
- Clay play
- Dramatic play
- Culture and human development
- Cultural influence on play
- Spider art
- Stick insects in preschool
- Backyard wildlife
- Insects and children
- Block play
- Parachute play
- Preschool games
- Child-initiated curriculum
- Vegtable garden
- Worm farm
- Sustainability
- Children and gardening
- Large block play
- Children volcano play
- Children and animals
- Children in the garden
- Children and insects
- Children and cicadas
- Fish 'n' chip pretend play
- dinosaur play
- nature play project
- Hoop play
- Hoop roll
- Pro-social learning
- Social development
- Slide play
- Ball play
- NQF
- NQS
- NQS Assessment
- Children's understanding of death
- Stages in the development of an understanding of death
- ourdoor play
- wet weather play
- winter play
- Benign neglect
- Risk-Benefit assessment
- Tim Gill
- Richard Louv
- Goop
- Obleck
- Fathers day
- Special days
- Magic sticks
- Children's gifts for Parents
- Celebrating Dads
- Gifts for Dads
- Play
- Engaging play
- Opportunities for play
- Fairies
- fairy houses
- fairy homes
- fairy gardens
- fairy history
- National Quality Framework
- Early Years Learning Framework