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[jambo]

I am trying (agianst much opposition) to change our role play area from a house (where the children just run in and out throwing dishes and food around, leave and refuse to tidy afterwards; not for me but as a senior staff member, I am not always in the area!!!!!) to Percy the Park-keeper's cottage.
So far I have a small cooker, wooden table and chairs, kettle, crockery, cutlery etc, a "homemade" fireplace with a basket of logs, 2 sets of Park-Keeper gear (wellies, coats and hats) wheelbarrows, plant pots, garden tools, seed catalogues, gardening mags and so on, There is a small bread crate with a blanket for sick animals to rest in (complete with bottles etc).

Can I add any other elements????

I have tried to gather together soft animals for sorting but we have a disticnct shortage of squirrels, badgers etc.


Any ideas would be much appreciated

Janet

[leo]

dear jambo
hello i hvan't come across you before
Neil griffisths has a book called "corner for lerning" for role-play. he has writen a whoe senaro connected with percy the park keeper.. See if you can get the book or i can photocopy the the pages fr you. Let me knnow

[leo]

pardon the 3 wine glasses of wine which is affecting the levle of typing

[jambo]

Thanks for that recommendation - I will be down to the bookshop tomorrow!!

I found your first message perfectly clear, I too am on the Wine Wind Down diet, although I may be a glass behind you!!!!

Janet

[leo]

i know the feeling

[JacquieL]

MMMM my Friday wine down, hick!!!

[leo]

i beleive it doesn't count if its drunk at the pub- i did

[Sue]

Dear Janet

Glass of wine in hand here too

Percy's hut sounds such a brilliant idea. You could spend a week concentrating on a particular story such as 'Hedgehogs Balloon' becuase then you could bring in scince based things using the balloons.

The one about the snowy night would tie in nicely as we are soon entering winter, lots of CLL about how Percy and the animals will keep warm etc.

Good luck, sounds great fun.

Sue

[jambo]

Funnily enough, hibernation and hedgehogs is the topic next week and I have just been thinking about filling the sand tray with blown up balloons and thngs like dry spaghetti, cooked spaghetti, cotton wool, wellies, pencils and pens, pine cones and needles, acorns,conkers and leaves and so on to see what might pop a balloon. I remember linking Percy to Autumn last year, but did squirrels gathering nuts, after a trip to Oasis Whinfell Forest in Penrith I has loads of photos of squirrels eating things we put out for them!!!!!!!
Anyway back to the sand tray towards the end of next week I have planned to have compost, beans seeds and bulbs for the children to explore. This will be transferred to one of our new planters afterwards and we will see what grows!!


Janet

[hali]

Im on my 3rd too.........do you think we are alcies on here (sory for spelling) its friday.....hic hic

[mousebat]

It's a nice idea to give the children a change in the role play area but wouldn't they just trash Percy's cottagewhen they had had enough? - conkers and wellies flying around conjures up quite a picture not to mention a wheelbarrow!

[hali]

a sensible answer for a friday..well done mousebat :D :D :D

[mousebat]

hal! - I only become sensible once I'm on my second bottle of beer ( Budvar czech beer not to be confused with Budweiser the american beer) :D :D

[jambo]

It's only a 2 week cottage.
After that I have suggested the Enourous Turnip anf the Magic Soup Pot, using a diferent kitchen, changing the crockery and introducing real veg for the kitchen!!!

This is another small change ( 2 week max)

We then "apparently" will close down the role play until december and the Santa's Workshop I used last year comes back out!!!!!!

This is not my decision, the children should have acceess to some sort of role play all of the time, it is just not monitored efficiently and as I have been removed from the department, each time I walk in the cot is upside down, ironing board in pieces and all of the cutlery etc is thrown around the room. I cannot expect any more as there is a culture of throw it back in the corner and deal with it later from the team in the department too!!!!!

I am trying to lead by example, If I don't change the role play it remains a condemned house ALL OF THE TIME.

( I have done Garden Centre, Hairdressers, Pirate Ship, Airplane, Cafe (Italina, Chinese etc, Desert Island, Santa's Workshop, Stable and Builders Yard)

Janet

[Sue]

Janet

Where is your setting, is this the sort of behaviour that you expect from your children, do you have such a big budget that you as an organisation can afford to have resources trashed?

Sue