A child's view of our indoor environment

Sparklers aim to provide a stimulating environment where the children can feel a sense of ownership and responsibility of their learning and the environment. 

"It's my picture and me"

 The children are familiar with the term 'plan of action'. For us as a setting this is when staff and children work together listening to the children's perspective when constructing the learning environment. This enables understanding of what is important to the children and how their interests can be involved in the development of the room enabling the best learning outcomes.
 
We changed room over the summer break which has meant a lot of change indoors and out. After a child commented how he really liked seeing a part of the room this instigated the first of this years collaborative view of how the environment works for the children. 2 children were selected to take a staff member on a tour of the nursery with the children taking photographs on the I Pad of things that were important to them.

"It's really messy. I like paint"

"I can read the book and sing and dance and sing"

"I hear'd a plane, motorbike and bells. It's funny sounds"

During their time looking at the setting they started to look at what they thought made their friends happy

"He needs his blanket safe sometimes"

Here are just some of the important areas and resources to the children.

"I want to see whats in here"

"Need more pushchairs for the babies"

"It smells nice all this"

"All the boys do the sticking stories"

"Hurray it's working again"

"Trains and cars lots of them"

"I like making playdough with all the beads and balls and making cakes"

Next week we will look at the outdoors.