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The orange tall plants/flowers that save little Mae 

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The orange tall plants/flowers that save little Mae 

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YouTube Video - Creative response - Storytelling 

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YouTube Video - Creative response - Storytelling 

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Analytical response ￼| explanation of my experience ￼

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Analytical response ￼| explanation of my experience ￼

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I was speaking a little bit from a script here but also just speaking off the top of my head from my experience to make it genuine, personal and creative. (Don’t mind my brain blank in the audio recording)

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Analytical response | linking my creative response to my resources ￼

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Analytical response | linking my creative response to my resources ￼

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Nature is alive with sounds (Wilson, 2007), beautifully mentioned in Nature and Young Children. Nature itself indeed has so many languages, as do we. In saying that my creative piece links to this resource due to my experience being in nature. It states that studies have shown how children in different types of environments, more “natural” and “green” play spaces, children are more engaged in creative forms of play, including fantasy and pretend play. Which are the whole dramatic arts and movement experience I felt and played with in my imagination, through being out in a green and natural space. Natural play spaces remind me of the article Let's play outside by Marisa Lark Wallin. “Collaboration, creativity, Imagination, inventiveness, problem-solving, coordination, physical strength- when children are given the space and the time to freely play outdoors. Truly, the whole child can grow” (Wallin, 2019). These words speak the language I am speaking, as I have conducted this creative piece,  it has opened up another perspective in my mind. It reminds me of what I felt and what children feel in natural, open-ended environments and how much they are benefiting from these environments and play spaces. How their minds are much more creative when outdoors and playing. Both of these readings go hand in hand in hand with one another. Speaking on the importance of natural environments/play spaces that children are engaging with in the early years. Both touch on the vital aspects of movement, sound and the dramatic arts, the imaginative play that children are engaging with when they are in these natural environment play spaces. Children are also using temporal languages through play, exploring them more so in these outdoor spaces. The way these articles and different perspectives have influenced my practices is by slowing down, removing myself from my teacher role and imagining myself in my kinder children’s shoes. Being young and letting go of my predetermined thoughts and embedding more of a natural and outdoor approach when planning experiences, excursions and or activities for the children. Thinking of this assignment and going, “wait, we can do it this way or the children can engage with this that way and in many different environments”.  “The quality of play tends to be richer in natural environments (Wilson, 2007), as educators we do forget that and tend to stick inside that box sometimes when we should be jumping and thinking outside the box.

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Wallin, M. L. (2019, June). Let's Play Outside: The Importance of Pretend Play in Natrual Settings.Retrieved from Community play things: https://www.communityplaythings.com/resources/articles/the-importance-of-pretend-play-in-natural-settings#:~:text=When%20children%20are%20given%20the%20time%20and%20space%20to%20play,to%20cognitive%20and%20linguistic%20growth.

Wilson, R. (2007). Children, creative play and the natural enviroment. In R. Wilson, Nature and young children: encouraging creative play and learning in natural environments (pp. 1-18). Routledge.

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Make sure to scroll down on my red posts as they have more under them :)

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Make sure to scroll down on my red posts as they have more under them :)