Journals & Writing

We like to write about what interests us.

It's the same for children.

Journal writing time is an invitation for the children to draw something of interest to them.

They tell me something about their pictures and I write it on the page.

They see how writing happens by starting with an idea then seeing it get written down.

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Yarn Trap

The yarn was used to make a trap. It was tied to a picture frame and a basket. Each was positioned on shelves across from one another. The children had to go "under" the trap to get to the carpet for whole class time. There was a lot of sharing of ideas, problem solving, and use of the positional language "over" and "under" and "around".

NZ Teacher

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