Change the environment PC 205.1.6

[shinoto]

Hello.

I will have my second professional discussion next week though,
I could not understand what my tutor meant when she was explaining about each question for the discussion.

One of the questions is

"Why should you change the environment in which children learn and paly?"

Does it mean What should the environment be like for children to learn and play?

It sounds very general though, should I answer something like providing safe and healthy environment?


Thank you.

[wendy bob]

i have read it as meaning to change the environment by providing different activties to keep the children intersted i might be wrong but just a thought good luck x

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi wendy bob is right, it will mean which resources are out, wall displays, furniture positions and how changing these can impact on childrens learning and play xx

Quote from OFSTED's leading to excellence:
Providing stimulating environments

provide a child-centred environment with stimulating and appropriate resources enabling children to explore and enjoy play in safety

From Australia this page is a great read - creating stimulating environments

and this, it's more than you need sorry but to follow up & link to a theory John Brierley's fouteenth of his 21 principles details how monotony of surroundings do little to stimulate children's learning - from Google books Give me a child until he is 7

Hth xx

[shinoto]

wendy bob, Ruthierhyme,

Oh I see! Come to think of it, my nursery change the place of furnitures and wall displays quite often, and also they provide a lot of different activities to children.

So that children get interested in and it leads children to have motivations.

I can imagine clearly what the question mean now.

Thank you very much!