https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq Consider this as you look at the photo.  What do you think might be the toddlers' thinking within such play?  Play around with this and see if you can name what it is that they might be wondering about or trying to figure out.  Post what you might offer the group of toddlers, so that they might continue to go deeper in exploring their ideas. I want to hear you begin to formulate some possible planning questions that you might use to plan the "next steps" in the curriculum. The planning question frames the experience as an open-ended investigation, i.e. “What might happen if I place ____ in the play space?” or ‘How will the toddlers respond when they encounter ___ in the play space?” or,  “In what ways will the toddlers respond if I add ___ to the daily routines?”  en-us 2020-02-23 19:13:08 UTC 2020-09-30 00:05:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770522863 "What happens if I placed a magnifying glass in the play space?"
"How will the toddlers respond when they encounter insects/bugs in the play space?" 
"In what ways will toddlers respond if I add nature exploration to the daily routines?" ]]> 2020-09-23 01:25:48 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770522863 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770523334 1. What would happen if magnifying glasses were in that area?
2. What would happen if gardening supplies were in that area? (shovels, buckets, watering cans)
3. How would the kids react to seeing strange bugs or rocks? 
4. Scavenger hunt]]> 2020-09-23 01:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770523334 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770524286 What might happen if I place a shovel in the play space? How will the toddlers respond when encounter a magnifying in the space? In what ways will the toddlers respond if they do see bugs? ]]> 2020-09-23 01:26:27 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770524286 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770525884 I wonder what she is looking at?
I wonder if she is interested to learn about nature?
What would happen if I added spoons to the area?
How would the toddler respond if I added worms to the play space?
How might the toddler respond to a gardening activity?
Would the toddler enjoy an activity with a variety of insects?

]]> 2020-09-23 01:27:15 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770525884 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770525980 "What kind of bugs are under here?" 
"How many bugs are under there?" 
"What happens if I had shovels?" 
"what if I had a flashlight and magnifying glass?" 
"Will the bugs get crushed when I put the log back down?"]]> 2020-09-23 01:27:17 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770525980 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770527211 I think the toddlers' thinking what can I find under the stump?  We can provide a magnifying glass so they can observe further. Children will usually respond fairly well to a magnifying glass within the play area. It is fun to play with and small and easy for them to hold and carry around.]]> 2020-09-23 01:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770527211 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770527711 1. What is under here?
What is that wiggly thing?
What other animals live here?
2. If the child is interested in bugs under the stump. We could introduce a sensory bin activity containing soil, shovels, earth worms, and lady bugs. This would allow the children to continue to explore other insects. 
Tools: shovel, magnifying glass, notebooks, water, ]]> 2020-09-23 01:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770527711 https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770532142 what is under this heavy tree 
Where did the tree go
What are the little things that are moving under the tree stump
I’m strong I can move it
What might happen if I place a watering can next to the stump]]> 2020-09-23 01:30:19 UTC https://padlet.com/annie_white/vy8ngwhfotwq/wish/770532142