Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Backlog Of Play Trays

It’s been a while since I posted about our play trays so here is a bunch
that we have been playing with this past month.
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Straw stars that I photocopied for matching.
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For some families these stars brought back memories from
their childhood.

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Old fashioned clothespins decorated as toy soldiers,
they were able to straddle them on the wire basket by colour.

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Gingerbread house toy for sorting shapes and matching to the correct hole.

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A magnet was added to the bottom of the car then a magnet wand
is placed underneath the box. 
I saw this idea on someone’s blog but can’t find the link,
if it’s yours please let me know.
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We discovered that the box was a bit too small so…
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we created a bigger one.

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Star shape ice cube tray, gold stars and little tongs.

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Boxes to stack on top of each other or inside one another.
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With a little surprise in the smallest tin.

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I saw this idea of matching an object to it’s shape on several blogs like,
De Tout Et De Rien and Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning.
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This would work with many, many things.  I’ll be using it again.

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Clipping coloured clothespins to the same coloured light bulb.
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The cards I printed from Childcareland.com several years ago.

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Santa suit pieces to match together.
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But then I noticed one of the children using our coloured clothespin
to dress so I pulled out these old fashion clothespins to use. 
I even saw a mother use them as a finger puppet to entertain her toddler.  

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And finally, a star sorting activity.
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4 comments:

  1. Maureen thanks for these great ideas. I work at a small rural public and have a literacy space in our Youth Area. I am always looking for simple yet teachable activities for it. I know I will be using several of these. :)

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    1. You're welcome - it's amazing what we can use if we just look at them a little differently - have fun.

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  2. Maureen, when I read your blog and look at the pictures, I think about the time that I used to take my own children to the local parent participation preschool. Your program looks quite similar to "Teacher Kathy's," but actually it is a little better, I think!
    You are an amazing teacher, and your students are lucky to have you!
    Heidi Butkus

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    1. Thank you Heidi that is very kind of you to say. But I feel the lucky one for having so many wonderful families to get inspiration from.

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