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How to encourage outdoor learning with living things.
How to Encourage Outdoor Learning with Living Things
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Children's Recycling Project - Make a Plant Pot Scarecrow
Looking for recycled play ideas and projects? Repurpose your empty pot plants to make this recycled plant pot scarecrow! Check out how we made our recycled plant pot scarecrow for some recycling fun inspiration. - The Empowered Educator
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Children's Recycling Project - Make a Plant Pot Scarecrow
Looking for recycled play ideas and projects? Repurpose your empty pot plants to make this recycled plant pot scarecrow! Check out how we made our recycled plant pot scarecrow for some recycling fun inspiration. - The Empowered Educator
the children's play based learning program is available for free
30 FREE Play Ideas Using Items You Already Have
Child-led learning made simple! FREE pack of 30 inquiry-based prompts covering all learning areas through play. Each activity links to educational outcomes while following your child's natural interests. Perfect for relaxed homeschooling - download the pdf here and start playing.
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10 Easy ideas for sensory sand play
10 ideas for toddler sensory sand play including making your own coloured sand - Mummy Musings and Mayhem
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Coral Reef Activities: Learning About the Ocean » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
Coral Reef Activities: Learning About the Ocean » The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
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How to set up and create Invitations To Play for Early Learning
Setting up invitations to play in early learning environments - Read this post to learn how to set up invitations to play with simple materials and browse through the various themes of invitations to play ideas from the Empowered Educator early childhood educators community. Get inspired by sensory invitation to play ideas, small world play ideas, nature play ideas, and more! | The Empowered Educator
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Reusing Tyres in Outdoor Play Spaces
A huge collection of ideas and inspiration for reusing tyres in outdoor play creatively & safely. Save money on outdoor play equipment by upcycling! Project & safety tips included for early childhood educators and teachers.
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Easy Mother's Day Gifts for Children to Make
Instead of spending money, why not help children create something special with one of these easy Mother's Day gift projects. | The Empowered Educator
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Using Open Ended Materials in Outdoor Play.
Providing open ended play materials in outdoor play is cost effective & allows children the opportunity to direct their own play. Find out how to get started simply & what to use - bonus printable factsheet available.
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How to set up invitations to play using nature - ideas for early years educators!
Do you find planning nature play invitations difficult because you don't have access to fancy resources or large nature playgrounds? Try these simple invitations to play ideas with nature that you can set up using leaves and nature loose parts. - The Empowered Educator
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5 Easy Slime Recipes - Non toxic Slime for Babies and Toddlers!
5 Easy and Safe Slime Recipes - Looking for easy DIY slime recipes that are also safe? You don't need to source a big list of materials and follow complicated directions to make non-toxic slime. Try these 5 slime recipes. | The Empowered Educator
Outdoor Play Series – #1 Working with Small Spaces - The Empowered Educator
DIY Natural Playspaces – Chairs, Buses and Climbing Frames!
Outdoor Play Series – #1 Working with Small Spaces - The Empowered Educator
Early childhood educators! Find out how to recognise and extend on children's schema play with the ideas in this blog! You can use AI chatbots to help you observe, analyze and extend schema learning opportunities. Grab done-for-you ChatGPT 'prompts' that make it easy to identify schemas and setup your learning environments to encourage them. AI can even suggest activities tailored to your observations. See step by step video examples of AI prompting in action!
Understanding Schema Play Patterns
Early childhood educators! Find out how to recognise and extend on children's schema play with the ideas in this blog! You can use AI chatbots to help you observe, analyze and extend schema learning opportunities. Grab done-for-you ChatGPT 'prompts' that make it easy to identify schemas and setup your learning environments to encourage them. AI can even suggest activities tailored to your observations. See step by step video examples of AI prompting in action!
Create inclusive music experiences with calming, sensory-friendly sound play. This helpful free guide offers ideas for adapting activities to meet all children’s needs and help teachers and parents support sensory integration for preschool and toddler music activities #spd #sensoryplaypreschool #musictherapy
Inclusive Music Play Activities for Toddlers & Preschool
Create inclusive music experiences with calming, sensory-friendly sound play. This helpful free guide offers ideas for adapting activities to meet all children’s needs and help teachers and parents support sensory integration for preschool and toddler music activities #spd #sensoryplaypreschool #musictherapy