Here is the plan for the week:

Everyone has been getting a copy home for a while now but we haven’t had any comments or suggestions about it just yet. Please let us know what you think.

We have a very loose idea of what we are going to do each term based on events and seasons but our plans are done weekly and are based on what the children have been doing and are showing interest in.

We try to do most of what is on the plan but sometimes the children have found something much more exciting they want to play with or find out about, so of course we go with that.

We also do not ONLY do what is on the plan – there are teaching moments all the time in the Early Years and we have to follow the child’s interest and encourage and praise them every step of the way.

The majority of our real planning is done in the moment – if someone forgets to use good manners at the snack table we identify that there is a teaching opportunity, we help and encourage them to think about what they might have forgotten and model phrases or actions if need be, and then praise them when they remember to say thank you. We do not hurry off and write down a note to ourselves that we need to do a lesson plan on manners – though of course we might talk at staff meetings about a need to read a book such as The Elephant and the Bad Baby at story time if we notice lots of children are forgetting their ‘p’s and ‘q’s.

If you have any questions about our plans or have any suggestions, please leave a comment or speak to us at any time. We’d love some feedback or constructive criticism. 🙂