some ideas for you.....do you use a pc? if so, go through the games, write an index for each one, put what they are usefull for, which ones are suitable for non english speakers, link them to the 6 areas of leaning....
check out some online early years websites, there are loads out there! an excellent source of information for you!
do you use a digi camera at work? if so.....use that in some way with the children
ask parents to contribute to your it equipment? we asked if anyone had a flat screen monitor ( we had a huge old thing before) and one parent gave us one!!! if you dont ask you dont get! :)
see if you can involve family in IT I asked one parent of a key child of mine to take some photos at home of the child doing an activity and she brought the pics in on cdrom and on a memory stick and I used them to add to his journal...
and do you have a digital picture frame? we have a rolling slide show on ours of a recent visit but you could take pics during the day and play those at the end of session were parents can see them.
audit all other IT such as calculators,torches, play tills, phonic sound toys, audio equipment ect and write ways that you can use this in every day activites and role play areas....
hope that helps......:)
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