NZ Teacher

Some of the children put  blue tape over their mouth.  Usually I would have said something like, "Take the tape off your mouth. It's not for putting on your mouth."  Instead I thought of Tape Man (with some pride, being from New Zealand).  I thought of creativity.  I thought of art.  So we sat together for whole group time, some with tape on their mouth.  I said, "I've got something to show you."  When they first say him one of them said, "It's scary." I reassured them that it's not too scary and that he's being funny. So they started to laugh.  Pretty soon there was no more tape on mouths (not that I minded if there was, it's just hard to laugh).  Thank you Tape Man for reminding us that creativity begins with exploration in play.

Our sensory table has sand in it. There's a water table outside for the children to play with when we're outside. But they love to play with water. The beige tray fitted almost perfectly across the sink creating a water table. Part of the fun of water play is to fill containers with water and pour into other ones. Having the tray over the sink meant the children had instant access to water. The tray needed to be emptied multiple times.