Developing An Enabelling Environment?

[skippy]

What can I do to inspire colleagues to use the environment to enhance children's learning and play rather than too many planned activities.

How do you all do it?? What do you provide?

[wellerkaren]

Hi I have just seen a small video on teachers tv about enabling environments. I hvae not watched it yet so I am not sure if it will be any help to you. x x

[Helen]

I think I'd start by taking each area of your setting in turn, talking to the staff about the equipment and resources there, making sure they are easily accessible to the children, and talking through at staff meetings and in-house training all the typical sorts of learning that can occur in each of those areas, and how practitioners can support child-initiated play. Tackle a little bit at a time Have you looked in the resource library under continuous provision? There are some wonderful resources that members have donated that describe what sort of learning goes on during continuous provision, as opposed to focus activities.

[mundia]

Hi Skippy, if you haven't seen it yet, have a look at learning playing and interacting

 

Its a really good read, and could be used to support your staff meetings and developing the role of the adult in play.

[Guest]

Have you thought about carrying out an ECERS this is a useful tool for highlighting areas for development and reflecting on current practice, although it is a bit of a paper exercise.