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Christmas Play Dough

12/6/2020

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Getting everything ready for class this week I have created some scented play dough for a provocation! Play dough is really easy to make a home; with this recipe being a quick and timely one to use!

I have it set up as one of my prompts for the week with:
  • pipe cleaners
  • pom poms
  • christmas decorations
  • googley eyes
  • beads and more!

I also have this batch scented with cinnamon for that Christmas touch!
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Download this quick and easy freebie recipe from my website here if you are new to making play dough or a provocation for your classroom!
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Christmas Play Pack

12/4/2020

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I love ideas that can be used in the classroom that are fun, exciting, engaging and interesting to use in the classroom or at home. This Christmas play pack includes ideas, activities and games that are Christmas themed, to build skills around literacy, maths, oral language and fine motor skills. 

I used storage kits from Kmart to store my activities and have this available for students to complete during class time!

Some of the activities include:
Making sets and counting sets
Tracing the lines
Matching sounds to objects
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Check out the pictures below that show you an insight into the more of the play pack ideas! Or purchase it below - 20% off at the moment!

Christmas Play Pack

NZ$5.00

Christmas Play Pack

This play pack is great for provocations, prompts, invitations and more in your classroom or home life. It includes activities for literacy, maths, fine motor and more! Lots of great fun in a Christmas theme!


This resource includes:

  • Christmas activity pack cover sheet
  • Activity labels
  • build the word
  • line tracing and drawing
  • Christmas puzzles
  • Match the alphabet and objects
  • Eye Spy Christmas theme
  • Make a word
  • Make a Christmas tree
  • Count the set
  • Fine motor tweezing templates
  • Make the set


Print and laminate to ensure durability of use. I have mine in one of these kits from Kmart to keep each activity seperate but use them as you wish. It includes 94 pages in this resource.

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Christmas writing - would you rather?

11/29/2020

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What are you working on for writing? I love quick snippet writing around Christmas themes! So here is a would you rather writing prompt with different templates to help with your writers!
Would you rather an elf or a reindeer?

I have created three different writing templates:
  • one with pictures, sentence prompts a and quick write sections
  • one with a larger writing space and word brainstorm space
  • Seesaw matching activity to be completed on Seesaw
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Find the links to all the activities on the Google doc below. These have the two pdf links and also the Seesaw activity link! 
Find the links to these resources here
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Christmas inspo 2020

11/28/2020

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It's almost Christmas time! So I have put together a post with my best Christmas ideas and resources for your students and classroom! Click on the links for information or free downloads!
Christmas Equal Sharing
This activity is practice for equal sharing - with a Christmas theme! This is used on Google Slides with draggable object clip art, or on Seesaw with students using emojis!
Great way to practice equal sharing but with that Christmas feel!
Make a copy of the template for your class here or download the slides you are after
Make a copy here
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Elf on the shelf and other prompts
This elf of the shelf prompt from Miss Learning Bee (on Instagram) is a great way to hook students in for the season! Why not have your elf celebrate a quarantine like any other traveller would need to!
This freebie resource has so many ideas - along with this one for you and your classroom to use! 
Make a copy here

Christmas themed advent calendar
I created a Christmas advent calendar for my class, involving different Christmas themed activities that I found on Teachers Pay Teachers, Seesaw or Google (thank you to those that provided them)! Some are reading, maths or crafts. Each day we will take off the number present and reveal the task for the day!
Find the link to two different versions of the advent calendar. 
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Advent calendar pdf link
Advent calendar google doc link

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Seesaw Christmas activities
These Christmas themed problem solving mats are perfect for activities on Seesaw. Students can solve problems using different strategies to show their learning and figuring out.
Lots of different templates to try for differentiation of student levels.
Get access to the templates here!

Christmas Tree Kit
This Christmas tree kit is perfect for students to use in class time or at home as a 'get through the time' activity. I have given this to my class as a present for the end of the year which was super cute!
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This prompt comes with kit instructions and writing prompts to keep students busy!

Christmas Tree Kit

NZ$0.00

Christmas Tree kit

This kit is perfect for exploring Christmas trees and how to make them.


This pack includes:

-title kit page

-Christmas acrostic poem template

-Christmas tree writing template

-Christmas tree 'how to make' writing template


Print these out and staple them into a booklet with the title page. This allows for students to work on each page as they want to or once focusing in class. I have used this to send home in the past for students to use as a prompt at home (end of the year present)

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Christmas Themed Sensory Jars
These sensory jars are a great addition to your calm down space. Use any Christmas themed crafts or objects you might have to create different aspects for students to use to sooth, calm or respond when they need to. 
Watch my video below to see how my daughter and I made these three!

Check out my other Christmas themed freebies on my website now!

Christmas Playdough Mats

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Christmas Playdough Mats

These Christmas playdough mats are a great way for students to show their creativity with a Christmas themed prompt. Use these for free play or as an activity in your class time. This includes:

  • gingerbread tray
  • christmas trees
  • lolly bags
  • gingerbread cookie
  • christmas present
  • christmas ornament
  • candy cane


This has 11 pages in the resource. Use with plastic sleeves or laminate to ensure durability.

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Christmas Fine Motor Prompts

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Christmas Fine Motor Prompts

These Christmas fine motor prompts are a great idea for provocations around Christmas time. These are themed around three ideas:

  • Christmas trees
  • Cookie trays
  • Stockings


This resource has 40 pages in it for students to use in two different layouts.

The first is with white dots for students to place the correct objects on each dot. This could be with their fingers, tweezers, scoopers or anything else students might have in the classroom. This practices fine motor skills, pincer grip and more.

The second is for students to count out the right number of objects onto the mats.


Print off to ensure durability or use plastic sleeves.

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Christmas themed missing numbers

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Christmas themed missing numbers


This resources is great for reinforcing number knowledge and number sequence with numbers to 100.

Students can choose the activity they are working on or teachers can print it out, students look for the number missing with the cartoon image on it and write the number in the box! So simple yet fun to complete!


There are different sheets with different numbers missing from 20 to 100. Just choose the one you are looking for!

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Writing example models - freebie download!

11/25/2020

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During lockdown, I wanted to create an example of what parents can expect writing to look like. Due to the progression of students writing over time, it can sometimes be hard for parents, teachers and students to know how it can progress. 

​So I created these writing example models to help show what the progression of writing COULD look like. It covers the first 1-2 years of writing and identifies key ideas or information in each writing example. 
These are free to download to use in your classroom or at home to show how writing can progress. Download these below!
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Writing Example Models

NZ$0.00

Writing Example Models

These writing example models were made for the lockdown earlier this year. The purpose behind them was to show parents the progression of writing and what to expect from students at home; or when learning how to write.


These example models have since been a popular requested item to download for the classroom also. Perfect for showing students how writing changes, improves and new things are learnt and applied in writing.


This covers the general progression of writing over the first 1-2 years of school. It includes 6 writing example models.

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Seesaw activity of the week freebies!

11/25/2020

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This weeks Seesaw template of the week is this blend activity practicing the blend or adjacent consonant 'sn'. This has ​places for your students to practice their knowledge and application of the sound 'sn' in an activity. Click below for this fun activity to use in your classroom. 
Find it on Seesaw here
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This Seesaw activity is a maths number sentences practice! It has a pre-made activity for students to practice making or writing a number sentence for what they see. 
Down the right there is space for students to practice a hot spot of learning, where you can write in some learning for students to complete. Click below for this fun activity to use in your classroom. 
Find it on Seesaw here
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Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe - have joined?

11/6/2020

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Earlier this year I released my tribe membership, a place where teachers can join and have access to all my resources at one set price! No more ongoing purchasing, no searching for something and thinking "oh can I afford it this week". A great way to access all my resources for either a month, or a year! 
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The tribe membership gives you your own unique code that allows you access for a month or year. Not capped amount of resources, access to download anything in that time for one price! A really great deal for someone who loves Mrs Priestley ICT resources and looking for an amazing deal for either a month or year membership. 

Want to know more? Click on the links below to find out more information and also to purchase! 

Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (monthly)

NZ$35.00

Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (monthly)


What is the Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe?

A unique group that teachers can join giving you access to all my resources on my website for one month or year, for FREE! That is every single resource currently on my website + access to all the resources coming in the future!! 


How does it work?

There are two options:

Per month fee of $35.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. 

Per year fee of $155.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. 


What you need to know:



  • Upon purchasing you will receive a survey to gather your details to provide your unique tribe code. This will then be emailed to you within 24 hours of sending in your survey information.
  • Your unique tribe code for your access can be extended each month or year by simply repurchasing after the expiry date.
  • This tribe code is just for you and can not be shared with any other teacher or school to download or purchase resources for others. If this is found out your tribe code will be cancelled immediately without a refund.
  • No refunds will be given after tribe codes have been sent.
  • Month tribe codes are valid for one full month upon tribe codes being emailed out.
  • Yearly tribe codes are valid for one full year upon tribe codes being emailed out.


If you have any questions about the tribe access, please email me info@mrspriestleyict.com before purchasing.

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Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (yearly)

NZ$155.00

Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe (yearly)


What is the Mrs Priestley ICT Tribe?

A unique group that teachers can join giving you access to all my resources on my website for one month or year, for FREE! That is every single resource currently on my website + access to all the resources coming in the future!! 


How does it work?

There are two options:

Per month fee of $35.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. 

Per year fee of $155.00 to unlimited downloads and access to resources from the store. 


What you need to know:




  • Upon purchasing you will receive a survey to gather your details to provide your unique tribe code. This will then be emailed to you within 24 hours of sending in your survey information.
  • Your unique tribe code for your access can be extended each month or year by simply repurchasing after the expiry date.
  • This tribe code is just for you and can not be shared with any other teacher or school to download or purchase resources for others. If this is found out your tribe code will be cancelled immediately without a refund.
  • No refunds will be given after tribe codes have been sent.
  • Month tribe codes are valid for one full month upon tribe codes being emailed out.
  • Yearly tribe codes are valid for one full year upon tribe codes being emailed out.


If you have any questions about the tribe access, please email me info@mrspriestleyict.com before purchasing.

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Popplet - have you used it before?

11/6/2020

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Popplet is a great free app that allows students to create brainstorms or mind maps. There are tools to type, draw and insert pictures to explain their thinking and create a place for ideas. 
It is great for young learners and older learners - easy to navigate and straight forward to use. 
You can even share the popplet onto places like Seesaw to share the learning wider than the classroom. Great way to keep parents in the loop. This week my students created a simple mind map about unicycles as a response from their story. My students then saved their responses and uploaded them onto Seesaw. I can give feedback online but also in person. 
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How would I use this? I use Popplet for lots of follow up and mind mapping activities! Here are some:
  • book descriptions
  • mind mapping of key ideas
  • explanations
  • book responses
  • idea documenting
  • number mapping
​and more!
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Seesaw activity of the week

11/6/2020

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Each week I share a Seesaw activity that my kids use in class. I use Seesaw a lot but want to showcase more of what you can do and provide you with freebie links if you love what you say!
Have a look at the pictures below and click on the links to find the activities for your Seesaw! 
Rime of the week activity template
Listen and write maths activity template
Maths multiplication activity template 
Maths magic number of the week activity template
Back to school activity template
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Freebie of the week

10/29/2020

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This weeks freebie of the week are these helpful Seesaw visual prompts. These are a great reminder of the tools with a picture and explanation of what the tool is. I have these on the wall around my devices so students can refer to them if they need to. 
Seesaw is a fabulous tool and has so many amazing qualities for students. The opportunities it has for students to create, share and reflect on their learning is amazing - something I have mentioned before. 
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Download this freebie below to create a set up for your classroom too!

Seesaw Visual Prompts

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Seesaw Visual Prompts

These prompts are perfect for setting up your Seesaw space in the classroom. Each prompt has a different Seesaw target being explained so your students know what it is for.

The visual prompts include:

-share button

-drawing

-add file

-link

-note

-photo

-video

-camera roll

-green check

-blog

-comment

-like

-make a copy

-microphone

-pause

-recording

-turn image

-text label

-add button


Print these out, laminate and create a wall display for your class!

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Code a story

10/24/2020

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A few years ago my friend Michael created these lessons on how to code a Scratch story. I took his lessons and used these in my CRT lessons for digital technology; incorporating English (writing and reading) and Technology (computational thinking). My kids had lots of fun creating their stories and exploring the coding blocks in the creation. 
I was asked recently about some resources that I knew of that could be used to unpack digital technologies in the classroom and remembered this fun lesson! It took a good three-four weeks to teach, as it was broken down into smaller chunks; like you would when you wrote a story. I managed to stumble upon the slides I created for the lessons; making sure I modelled how to do it for the students also in my lessons. 
We used a storyboard planner to plan our stories, I taught my classes the blocks needed in the modelling sessions and then we put the series of lessons together to have a story completed! Lots of fun, and the students loved it!
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Make a copy of the slides I used in these lessons here. 
Scratch lesson - code a story
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Watch more on how to do it exactly with Michaels videos. An informative and clear process on how to make it happen for your class. 
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Decodable reading

10/21/2020

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Decodable reading is all the rave at the moment. The benefits of being able to decode while reading, using texts that can be decoded easily. There are lots of brands of decodable texts: little learners love literacy, letters and sounds, whizz kids. It depends on your phonics or literacy programme, costs and interests to which brand of books you could use. Each of these are amazing and help students read using a decoding approach with target sounds. 

This is a teaching sequence outline anchor chart which I developed to help share how it can be taught or covered in a lesson. This is no way a 'be all or end all' approach; but covers the main points when teaching. 
1. Prior to reading - the first thing is making sure you have selected the appropriate text based on the sound or grapheme you are focusing on. 
2. Segmenting and blending - this is focusing on the words in the text. Practicing segmenting them out and blending them together. This is practiced continuously to build confidence and skill with the sound. 
3. Tricky words - reading the tricky words as 'fast words'. Lots of reading over them and practicing these so when they are recognised in the text students can say them quickly. 
4. After reading - just like every other guided reading session; talk about the text and have students respond to what was covered. 
Make a copy of this anchor chart here! 
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New resources

10/21/2020

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Check out all the amazing new resources live on the store! Something for everyone, with some freebies also! Take advantage of the 20% off introduction price!

Place Value Pack

NZ$6.00

Place Value Pack

This pack is a great beginning introduction for anyone looking to introduce place value to their classroom. This pack covers ones, tens and hundreds; with games, activities and worksheets to help implement.


This pack includes:

  • pack cover title for container or box
  • 3 x anchor charts
  • place value puzzles matching the different place value forms together. This covers teen numbers, numbers to 100, numbers to 1000
  • place value say & create game: practice saying the numbers; practice creating the numbers
  • place value build it
  • place value spin & make it game: with tens and ones; with hundreds, tens and ones
  • place value worksheets (30 worksheets)


This pack includes 75 pages of resources to begin this implementation. This is targeted at Level 1 and 2 of the New Zealand curriculum; with Stages 3-4 of place value creating and making.


Games and activities are best laminated to ensure durability.

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Make your own must do/free pick board

NZ$3.00

Make your own must do/free pick board

This is a new version of a must do/free pick choice board that you can use to create your own learning opportunities for your students.


This resource includes:

  • pre made template
  • blank template with five days
  • blank template with five days
  • blank template
  • black and white template with five days
  • black and white template with five days
  • black and white template blank


All templates in this resource come with tumble pictures to copy and paste onto the slide that you want to use to make your own choice board.

These are on the side of each slide.


This is a powerpoint resource so you must have access to powerpoint and a zip file opener to access this resource.

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Equal Sharing

NZ$2.50

Equal Sharing

This resource is a great way to introduce equal sharing for students. It covers four different ways to practice and reinforce the learning of how to share equally. Great for any age students looking for equal sharing practice.


This resource includes:

  • equal sharing mats - these can be used with manipulatives or turned into playdough mats
  • equal sharing cut and paste
  • equal sharing solve and write
  • equal sharing draw, solve and write


This includes 34 pages in the resource.

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Fraction Bingo (freebie)

NZ$0.00

Fraction Bingo (freebie)

This fraction bingo is a great implementation freebie for exploring fractions. This includes fractions for whole, half and quarters.


Included are:

  • calling cards
  • five playing boards
  • fractions are in the form of picture representation, symbols and words.


This resource includes 7 pages in it.

Playing boards are best used if laminated.

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Fine motor shape cutting

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Fine motor shape cutting

This resource freebie is a great way to practice fine motor skills by cutting. Print these pages of shapes out and have students practice cutting out on the lines. This is great for building confidence of cutting shapes and different lines.


This resource includes 9 pages of shapes with different pre-drawn lines in different angles and ways for them to improve and practice their fine motor and cutting skills.


Print these onto white paper, or print onto colourful paper for a fresh look.

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Guided maths - the teaching sequence

10/18/2020

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How do you teach guided maths?
Of course there is no right or wrong answer. Every teacher does things differently but this is what works for me. I have a new learning assistant starting on Monday and I had to really think about how I teach guided maths. I wanted it to be explicit and clear so that she was confident in the teaching she would be able to do in maths time. 
With learning assistants, they are not teachers or should be doing things like a teacher does. But if they have clear pathway to what it can look like then it will help ease the process. 
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This is teaching anchor chart is handy for teachers, new teachers, learning assistants and more! So that guided maths is clear and learning is being explored in the same capacity. You can use this in your classroom, share it with your beginning teachers or just use it to spice up your programme!
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How have I set up playful learning in my classroom?

10/14/2020

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A question I have been asked lots recently is how I have playful learning (play or play based however you call it) is run in my classroom. I have a range of ideas to have it set up which works for me, my students and my classroom. 
We call it playful learning - taking our own take on what we think it is. Find out more information below on all the things I have set up in my classroom to support this!

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This is a target display with information on our school PB4L target, key competencies target and playful learning target. These are what I am observing or talking about in class time. Each day I talk through these targets and remind students of key behaviour, talking or actions that could come under those targets. 
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This playful learning observation template is what I record my observations on. These are for each individual student and I aim for 4-6 students a week. My observations are linked to the target behaviours, but also an explicit way to document the play that I can see. I then use this to support my learning stories and assessment of each child. 
download it here
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Playful learning provocations is a list of some ideas for each four themed provocation ideas. These are grouped into four areas with ideas on what you can do to support this type of play in your classroom. 
grab this template here
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Learning stories are a great way for parents to see and reflect on the learning that is happening in class. These are written from my observation templates are communicate goals or targeted skills. 

This template is free to download and use in your classroom. 
Make a copy of the template here
Storage for provocations can be quite tricky. I don't have a lot of space so try to reuse/keep things in a handy place. I have four cubby holes where I keep my provocations and play learning activities. These are quick to grab in their containers and things so that when I change my provocations I can just grab what I need. Organised chaos is the way to go. 
All my reusable provocation signs and things like play dough mats, writing prompts, and laminated activities are in the pink binder files. 
I also have a large container tub for my larger dramatic play provocations which is hidden out the back of my classroom. 
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I make a conscious effort to plan for playful learning in my classroom. Here i document what I am working on with key competencies, te whariki principles and school values. I write down what provocations I am using and then who I am observing as well over the week. ​

See a range of provocations and playful aspects from my classroom this year. 

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Sources and materials:
  • Local $2 shop for various baskets and containers
  • Wooden play toys from Kmart NZ
  • Wooden play stall from Kmart NZ
  • Fake grass $2 shop
  • Dramatic play background prompts: Little Lifelong Learners
  • Number gnomes and play mats: Percival Arthur Browne
  • Wood cuts, wooden pieces: Parts of Play
  • Maths stones: Mitre 10
  • Wood cushions from Kmart NZ
  • Train set from Kmart NZ
  • Beads from local $2 shop
  • Weaving Frame: Light Tables
  • Sensory Table: Urban Sales NZ
  • Giant tweezers: Creative Classrooms
  • Scissor scoopers: Creative classrooms
  • Water beads: $2 shop
  • Hammer, corkboard and shapes: Modern Teaching Aids
  • Fishing rod set: Kmart nz
  • Kinetic sand: Modern Teaching Aids

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