Posts tagged curriculum planning
A Guide to Play Schemas in Early Childhood Education
A Guide to Play Schemas in Early Childhood Education

If you would like to create an engaging and effective learning environment and confidently plan learning experiences that perfectly match the cognitive development of each child in your class, this blog post on play schemas is for you. Understanding play schemas and being able to pinpoint the ones your students are developing is critical to the success of your early childhood classroom.

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Investigations, Explicit Teaching, Classroom EnvironmentJanelle McArdleplay based learning, play based classroom, play schema, schemas, play based, developmental play, kindergarten, preschool, early childhood, early years, child development, piaget, age appropriate, child led, curriculum planning, teaching, learning invitation, handmade, provocations for learningComment
How to Write a Statement of Intent for Your Play Based Learning Classroom
How to Write a Statement of Intent for Your Play Based Learning Classroom

If you are familiar with the Walker Learning Approach, then you are no doubt also familiar with writing a Statement of Intent. This fortnightly planning document is vital to the success of your play-based learning program. Check out this blog post to see how we write ours.

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Explicit Teaching, InvestigationsJanelle McArdleplay based learning, planning, curriculum planning, investigations, investigative play, statement of intent, walker learning, kindergarten, play based classroom, developmental play, play based, Reggio teacher, teacher planningComment
How to Write Learning Intentions for Kindergarten and Preschool
How to Write Learning Intentions for Kindergarten and Preschool

Are you wondering how to write effective and age-appropriate learning intentions for your preschool or kindergarten classroom? In this blog post you will discover some practical strategies to help you write curriculum aligned learning intentions your kindergarten and preschool children can relate to and use.

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Explicit Teaching, InvestigationsJanelle McArdlelearning intentions, kindergarten, preschool, prep, foundation stage, play based learning, planning, teaching, integrated curriculum, investigations, early childhood, early years, curriculum planning, Australian curriculumComment
Do You Need Learning Intentions and Success Criteria in an Early Years Classroom?
Do You Need Learning Intentions and Success Criteria in an Early Years Classroom?

Do you really need to display your learning intentions in a kindergarten or preschool classroom? In this blog post you will discover exactly what learning intentions are and learn some practical teacher tips and ideas for you to have success using or displaying classroom learning intentions in the early years learning environment.

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Explicit Teaching, Classroom Environment, InvestigationsJanelle McArdlelearning intentions, kindergarten, preschool, prep, WALT goals, foundation stage, ACARA, Australian curriculum, learning objectives, curriculum planning, early years, early childhoodComment