by Bev Dietze | Jan 19, 2024 | Beyond the Fence, Play Ideas, Uncategorized
Creative Connections: The Artistic Bridge to Language and Literacy for Children In the vibrant tapestry of childhood development, the role of creative connections is often underestimated. Beyond the joy of tinkering with ideas and creating something, serves as...
by Beverlie Dietze | Nov 1, 2023 | Beyond the Fence, Play Ideas
Early childhood education is a critical phase in a child’s development, laying the foundation for future dispositions, sense of curiosity, one’s ability and desire to try new ideas and in making connections to people, places, the land, and with species that...
by Play Outdoors | Jun 23, 2021 | Beyond the Fence
Loris Malaguzzi has challenged educators to provide children with environments that offer them opportunities to exercise their curiosity in a variety of places and with an array of materials. Malaguzzi identified that “Our task, regarding creativity, is to help...
by Play Outdoors | Apr 19, 2021 | Beyond the Fence, Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
How children see their space and place is always intriguing to me. Recently, as I was walking in my neighbourhood, I stopped to observe two children who were about four years of age, exploring a pile of rocks that were adjacent to a path just outside of the family...
by Play Outdoors | Feb 5, 2021 | Beyond the Fence, Outdoor Play
How many times have you walked by early learning and child care programs and kindergarten programs with chain link fences, where children come running to see you? Or have you ever observed children putting their tiny hands under the fence to just get that one...
