How Do You Play This Game?

March 2018 by Heather

My learning goals for this term are:
to develop relationships with other children and teachers.

Begin communicating verbally

My Te Whariki goals are:

managing myself and expressing my feelings and needs
understanding how things work here and adapting to change
using a range of strategies and skills to play and learn with others
using gesture and movement to express myself
moving confidently and challenging myself physically

Yousif, you had been watching the

other children playing the snakes
and ladder game for a while. After a
bit you came over to me and took my hand. You took
me to the snakes and ladder play area on our
playground making it obvious to me by your body
language that you wanted to play this game. I helped
you jump from square to square for a little while then
you decided you could do it yourself.
Your sharp eyes saw a stone on the game area
so you picked it up and gave it to me. (I think
you were making sure that no-one would get
hurt by tripping on it or that you just knew
that it didn’t belong there).
After a short time Bissan decided that she
would help you play the game and you forgot
about me. You stayed playing this game for
quite some time with her.
I am loving watching you play independently
and seeing you also having the confidence to
ask for help from others. Lets keep
encouraging you with many activities which
foster this independence.