https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb Resources for unleashing children's imagination during learning en-us 2017-09-13 05:09:08 UTC 2025-10-02 12:44:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306379 2017-09-18 02:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306379 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306459 2017-09-18 02:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306459 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306538 2017-09-18 02:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306538 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306668 2017-09-18 02:37:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306668 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306772 2017-09-18 02:38:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188306772 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188307416 2017-09-18 02:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188307416 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188307573 2017-09-18 02:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188307573 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311238 An online resource ]]> 2017-09-18 03:17:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311238 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311297 Curious about something?  Already have a question?  Contact me at...
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Samples of a programme of inquiry (POI) and unit planners 

Regional or national curriculum documents (if applicable) 

Sample of children's work

Sample documentation of children’s learning (e.g. learning story, photos of a documentation panel, portfolio, photographs of children learning)

USB (or some other system to share and save resources)

Laptop

Ali's tip for a cleaner environment: a water bottle

]]> 2017-09-18 03:17:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311309 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311351 Just so you have a rough idea of how your days will go...
08.00-09.30  Session
09.30-09.45  Morning Break
09.45-11.15  Session
11.15-12.00  Lunch
12.00-13.30   Session
13.30-13.45  Afternoon Break
13.45-15.15  Session
15.15-15.30 Afternoon Break
15.30-17.00 Session
Please see the attached agenda for more details ]]> 2017-09-18 03:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311351 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311375 Our aims of this workshop will be to: 

1. Exploration of the world around us through symbolic play facilitates the acquisitions of knowledge and the development of skills.  
2. The facilitation of authentic child initiated learning is fundamental to independent and collaborative inquiry in the Early Years.
3. Play is a creative process that engenders learning through exploration of representational and symbolic language. 
4. A scaffold is offered by the educator through questioning, observing, collaborating, modelling, challenging, recording, reflecting and interpreting the learning. 
5. Utilising indoor and outdoor environments to provide flexible, resource-rich learning. 
6. Effective Literacy and Mathematical practices are integrated into the daily experiences of the play based Early Years learning environments. 
7. Play is a child’s primary tool for making meaning and expressing themselves  
8. Effective assessment and reflective practices inform teaching and learning.

]]> 2017-09-18 03:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311375 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311389 To be updated when we have passwords and hashtags

]]> 2017-09-18 03:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188311389 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314060 Learning and understanding happens through social contexts; the process of learning language is embedded in the socio-cultural practices that children are involved in. (Pugh 2000). Early Development of Language and Mathematics skills is embedded in children’s oral communication, active inquiry and explorations of the world and its symbols. In the Early Years. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314060 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314190 Educators have a responsibility to collaboratively reflect on their pedagogical approach, share practice and resources, plan potential actions for improvement to renew their understandings and skills in order to create positive transformation in their educational contexts. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314190 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314214 Authentic Formative Assessment includes a variety of strategies for gathering information about children’s learning and forms the basis for planning Language and Mathematical learning. A collaborative approach by the teaching team for planning, observation and planning builds a comprehensive picture of the learning achieved by each child and enables informed reflection of the next step .]]> 2017-09-18 03:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314214 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314259 The process of constructing language and mathematical learning requires a supportive environment that is resourced with appropriate materials. The environment provides many and varied opportunities for children to take risks, develop new understandings, test theories, justify their thinking and analyse how their ideas work. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314259 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314307 The PYP considers Language learning to be an inquiry driven ‘systemic resource for meaning’ (Halliday, 1985). Using the Halliday model as a provocation, we begin to see how children learn language and mathematics, enabling learners to make connections, interpret information and represent their knowledge, ideas and theories. IB Schools understand that this viewpoint informs the planning, teaching and assessing of all aspects of the programme. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:44:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314307 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314337 Effective Literacy and Mathematical practices are embedded intrinsically into the daily play experiences of the play based Early Years Classroom. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:44:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314337 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314429 Adults carefully plan and resource the environment (both indoors and outdoors) to provide ample opportunities for children to collaborate, seek differing perspectives and use their language skills, engaging in creative, mathematical or scientific problem solving and problem posing. As children become more experienced learners planning the environment becomes a partnership between adults and children. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314429 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314454 The role of the adult/educator is to shape the educational process in significant ways by observing, questioning, posing problems, collaborating, modeling, challenging, recording, reflecting and interpreting the learning. One way that this can happen is when an adult mediates the transfer of everyday experiences into scientific concepts. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314454 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314524 Playing with listening, speaking and representing is a creative process that achieves learning goals and gives birth to later language learning, formal literacy and mathematical skills through the exploration of the representational and the symbolic. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314524 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314633 Play based learning facilitates the best learning for young children. Allowing them opportunities to ask questions, investigate, build and test theories, make meaning, develop skills, reflect and express themselves in exponential ways. Planning for this experience requires a balance of time for adult supported freely chosen play and adult-led ‘intentional’ teaching in small groups such as daily routines, games, stories, songs, modeling, problem posing and modeled problem solving. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188314633 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188315293 Welcome to our padlet!  I'm Ali Flinchum, the Director of Early Learning and Lower School at Saint Paul's, a school all the way in Florida! There is no need to read everything before our workshop, but please take some time to look over the Pre-Workshop and IB Belief Statements regarding Symbolic Play sections.  Thanks and see you soon!]]> 2017-09-18 03:51:53 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188315293 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188315969 An invitation to learning more. ]]> 2017-09-18 03:56:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188315969 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319610 2017-09-18 04:26:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319610 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319653 2017-09-18 04:26:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319653 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319715 2017-09-18 04:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319715 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319886 2017-09-18 04:28:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319886 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319960 2017-09-18 04:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188319960 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320086 2017-09-18 04:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320086 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320098 I gain something each and every time I experience this poem. More so when the children give life to its words. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320098 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320128 2017-09-18 04:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320128 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320176 2017-09-18 04:30:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320176 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320265 A PDF copy of the digital portfolio. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320265 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320435 2017-09-18 04:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320435 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320524 2017-09-18 04:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320524 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320535 Inspiration! An exhibition from former colleague, Sarah Casson at St. Peter's Girls' School, Australia. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188320535 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321113 2017-09-18 04:38:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321113 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321439 A Ghost Walk- inspired after reading a text about a  confident child who thinks he can do anything, the children used chalk to create a ghost obstacle course through which they could explore their abilities. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321439 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321652 This copy features moveable boxes]]> 2017-09-18 04:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321652 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321666 "It's not a slide!" While continuing to explore their abilities, the children engaged with the idea of being a risk-taker. They developed a story about a hungry crocodile that followed them to school each day. Today, the children escaped the crocodile by running up a mountain. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:43:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188321666 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188322724 After freely exploring Cubetto and using different strategies to make him move, the children succeeded. 
"He's dancing!" "He's dancing like a ballerina!"]]> 2017-09-18 04:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188322724 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188323288 "Play builds that kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs." 
James L. Hymes, Jr. ]]> 2017-09-18 04:55:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188323288 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188696326 Exploring different relationships, the children explored cooperation by working in tinkering teams to create unique and creative designs.]]> 2017-09-18 23:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/188696326 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/194994906 2017-10-08 13:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/194994906 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/194995006 2017-10-08 13:25:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/194995006 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/290459833 2018-10-08 19:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/290459833 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/291909335 2018-10-11 18:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/291909335 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292086964 2018-10-12 09:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292086964 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292086994 2018-10-12 09:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292086994 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292089399 2018-10-12 10:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292089399 ali_flinchum https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292097507 An assessment of learning ]]> 2018-10-12 10:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ali_flinchum/avo53hdpygkb/wish/292097507