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This afternoon, Daniel was playing with golf balls, twirling one ball to hit another one. He called the educator, Sara, to play with him. He proposed another game in which each player twirled one ball and checked which ball arrived first. Sara engaged Daniel and invited him to create some lanes with loose parts. She put up a big wooden block and asked him to find something to use as a lane. Rapidly, he found some wooden gutters and laid one side on the block and the other on the floor, creating a ramp. In the part that touches the floor, he puts some plastic to make a tunnel. He put one golf ball on top of the ramp and watched how the ball went down. He was so excited that he started to create other ramps and tunnels. He put three ramps side by side and started several experiments. First, he throws three balls simultaneously, one on each ramp. He then discovered the other two balls, so he said, “We need one more ramp for this one!” and created one more lane. However, with five balls, he can’t throw them at the same time, so he asks Sara to help by throwing one and for me (Amanda) to throw the other two.

Daniel was radiant and extremely curious about these experiments. So he started to build ramps of different sizes to see how the balls behaved. He even added a cart to slide along with balls. So much fun!

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Through his play, Daniel was demonstrating:

1. He trusts his educators, invites them to play, and sees in them someone who can help solve problems. 1.9 Interacting with Adults.(Ministry of Education, 2014b, p.39)

2. Daniel always explores objects in their different forms and functions. Like when you use the wooden gutters to act as a lane. He thinks of different solutions without losing motivation. 4.2 Problem-Solving. (Ministry of Education, 2014b, p.46)

3. The development of his motor coordination has evolved since the beginning of the year; he can now quickly jump the tracks practically without moving them! 5.1 Gross Motor Skills: Jumping (Ministry of Education, 2014b, p.52)

Our objective is to offer him the possibility of learning through free exploration of the environment and objects according to his interests and abilities. Promoting his role in his learning process and having educators as co-learners related to the engagement foundation. (Ministry of Education, 2014a, p.35)

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How we would like to continue to support Daniel’s development in the root skills 1.9 Interacting with Adults, 5.1 Gross Motor: Jumping, 4.2 Problem-Solving and the Engagement Foundation: We will use different materials, formats of ramps, and sizes and textures of balls. We will also instill problem-solving skills through open-minded questions like, "What do you think will happen if you change the angle of the ramp?” Or, "How can you make the ball go faster?”

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1. Daniel was playing with ramps and balls today; has he done this before?
2.  Daniel showed teamwork when he allowed the ECE teacher the chance to play alongside him. Is he a team player with other children at home?

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To continue developing Daniel’s learning story and supporting this as pedagogical documentation, we can:

1. Try to capture his discovery processes, such as recording his play unpretentiously

2. Try to help him draw a plan about how to build different lanes; it could be exposed after

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1. To capture Daniel’s voice, we could use his drawings and plans

2. To capture his parents’ voice, we could share some materials with them to play together at their home

3. To capture the voice of colleagues, we could create the races in a common space at the childcare, where other classes could play and add new improvements.

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Dees, S. (2023) The Best Marble Runs for Kids. Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls. Retrieved October 15, 2023, from https://br.pinterest.com/offsite/?token=795-433&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffrugalfun4boys.com%2Fbest-marble-runs-for-kids-to-build%2F&pin=393431717464318526&client_tracking_params=CwABAAAAEDEyMDkzMTI1NjI4NDc4NzIGAAMACAsABwAAAApuZ2FwaS9wcm9kAA

Ministry of Education. (2014a). Excerpts from “ELECT”: Foundational knowledge from the 2007 publication of Early learning for every child today: A framework for Ontario early childhood settings. Government of Ontario. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/ExcerptsFromELECT.pdf

Ministry of Education. (2014b). How does learning happen? Ontario's pedagogy for the early years. Government of Ontario. http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/childcare/HowLearningHappens.pdf

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You can find more ideas about ball races on the blog Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls (Dees, 2023)

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The Best Marble Runs for Kids - Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls

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Here are the BEST marble runs for kids! STEM challenges and DIY marble runs plus recommended marble run sets.