The Rainbow Room is a lovely, cosy room where children learn through play. We enjoy daily sensory play and love visiting the sensory room. We have space for messy play, role play and a quiet area to rest and sleep. We learn though a range of schemas and lots of inquiry and curiosity. We spend time outdoors each day and enjoy visits to the local park.
This is our class charter!
Schemas are patterns of repeatable behaviour which can often be noticed in young children’s play. Some easily identifiable schemas are:
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Schema |
Description of possible behaviours |
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Transporting |
A child may carry all the bricks from one place to another in a bag, the sand from the tray to the home corner in a bucket, push a friend around in a toy pram. |
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Enveloping |
A child may cover themselves in a flannel when washing, wrap dolls and toys up in blankets and fabric, cover their painting with one colour. |
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Enclosure/containing |
A child may put their thumb in and out of their mouth, fill up and empty containers of all kinds, climb into large cartons, sit in the tunnel, build ‘cages’ with blocks. |
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Trajectory;Diagonal/vertical/horizontal |
A child may gaze at your face, drop things from their cot, make arcs in their spilt food with their hand, play with the running water in the bathroom, climb up and jump off furniture, line up the cars, bounce and kick balls, throw. |
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Rotation |
A child may be fascinated by the spinning washing machine, love anything with wheels, roll down a hill, enjoy spinning round or being swung around. |
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Connection |
A child may distribute and collect objects to and from a practitioner, spend time joining the train tracks together, stick the masking tape form across form the table to the chair. |
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Positioning |
A child may put things on their head, prefer their custard next to their sponge not over it, lie on the floor or under the table. |
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Transforming |
A child may add juice to their mashed potato, sand to the water tray, enjoy adding colour to cornflour or making dough. |
March Update
The rainbow room children have been exploring small world play, world book day, finding objects that match, mark making focusing on to and fro movements, learning about empathy and emotions, taking care of our bodies. This week looking at environmental print, Easter, being responsible and caring for belongings.
February Update
The children in the Rainbow Room have been using apparatus to develop their gross motor skills and explore risky play. They have been learning nursery rhymes, mark making, exploring friendships and developing independence skills.
