Floor Book Planning Early Years

Talking and thinking floorbooks.
Floor book planning early years. A practical session that shares how a range of international models of early years practice embrace the planning cycle whilst maintaining child led inquiries. The learning challenge curriculum contains all the tools needed to plan a stimulating and rich curriculum which meets the needs of your children. Plan programme whilst maintaining open ended opportunities. The floorbook approach is an innovative child led approach to observation documentation and planning which is now implemented in settings around the world.
This book will tell you how to plan with children. By listening to children and identifying their interests we can create a unique learning opportunity which excites and interests children. Ideas reflections challenges solutions and failures thoughts actions observations plans desires practical. The approach encourages higher order thinking skills and helps children influence their learning.
See more ideas about childrens learning inquiry based learning reggio documentation. What are floor books. The floorbook approach is an innovative child led approach to observation documentation and planning which is now. It has been comprehensively revised to provide greater insight into child centred planning in the now well established floorbooks approach.
Floorbooks are blank books where we can record children s voices and their ideas. May 16 2015 explore kelly jacob s board floor books followed by 172 people on pinterest. If you have been to a conference or course where i ve been speaking you may have heard me referring to the peoples independent republic of early years hopefully before you nodded off or sneaked out early to deal with an emergency back at school. The books are available to children at all times.
An apprach to consultation observation planning and assessment in children s learning 3rd ed by claire warden. What sets floor books apart is the inclusion of the children within the planning process as their thoughts and ideas are recorded in the book and used to document the consultation process between children and their teacher. Claire warden created the talking and thinking floorbook approach to give the practitioner tools to truly consult with children during the planning and documentation process. Ideas reflections challenges solutions and failures thoughts actions observations plans desires.
Early years floor books. Collates child centred ideas that are taken forward by the early years staff the floor book is an integral part of planning. Floorbooks are used as a tool used for children s planning and is generally used in the eyfs and ks1 classroom. The books are available to children ay all times.
Floor books in primary education.