Course 12- Activity 5: Creating Toy Area - Share Your Ideas
Think how you will create a TOY AREA in your classroom /school? What are some essential materials and manipulatives that you will keep for helping children to create D-I-Y toys?
Course 1 - Activity 1: Share Your Reflections
Watch the video film “Khula Aakash” 2014 from the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XjDHOrcJyw and reflect on it. Think about what is ECCE? Why is it important? How does ECCE provide a basis for learning in school and life? Share your reflections.
Toy Based Pedagogy for foundational Stage
ReplyDeleteColour papers, nut shells, waste bottles, caps, clothes, matchsticks to make handy toys
DeleteFor making kitchen set. Teachers guide students to make utensils and other kitchen items with clay. And then keep it for spme time in the sunlight. After some time it will be hard and they can play.
ReplyDeleteI would create a Toy Area in my classroom by setting aside a safe, colourful, and easily accessible corner where children can freely explore, play, and learn. The toys and materials would be arranged on low shelves with labels and baskets so that children can independently choose, use, and return them. The area would encourage creativity, collaboration, and joyful learning.
ReplyDeleteFor DIY (Do-It-Yourself) toys, I would keep low-cost and locally available materials such as cardboard boxes, paper cups, ice-cream sticks, bottle caps, clay, old newspapers, coloured paper, fabric scraps, wool, buttons, strings, beads, leaves, seeds, pebbles, shells, and safe recycled materials. I would also provide child-safe scissors, glue, crayons, sketch pens, and non-toxic paints.
Using these materials, children can create puppets, masks, animals, number cards, puzzles, shape models, musical instruments, and simple science models. These activities help develop creativity, fine motor skills, problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and foundational literacy and numeracy skills.