Today, the children were talking about camping in tents and shared their some of their own experiences together in a small group.
âI have been campingâ
âI have a tent in my living roomâ
â I would like to go camping â
We decided to bring the outdoors in to the discovery room and build our own tent in our block area.  We shared our thoughts on how we could create this and what resources we would need to collect.
Some suggestions of what we could make or need for our camping experience were – âa roof â, âa camp fireâ, Â âtorchesâ, sleeping bagâ and of course â foodâ
The children  gathered a variety of resources and began to build the tent using and exercising their gross motor skills. They communicated well and helped one another when building their tent. During this time they were able to problem solve together when they had to think and decide âhow will the roof stay on ?â The children had some great ideas – âwe could use cellotapeâ  âstringâ âblocksâ and âpegsâ . We decided the pegs and blocks worked the best .
Finally the tent was complete and the children were excited to get inside and begin to make a campfire using some sticks, stones and tissue paper. The children used their imaginations creating a variety of scenarios they have tried before such as toasting marshmallows, fishing, playing mummyâs and daddyâs and Going on a Bear Hunt.
â Itâs sleepover timeâ
âI have made real life marshmallows on a fire âđ„
âFire is burnyâ
Later, Â I was invited into the tent join the children and read one of our favourite stories – The Tiger Who Came to Tea before we snuggled down cosy for our sleep in our tent! âșïž Goodnight campers! See you in the morning!âșïž
  
