tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38784988389200391012024-03-19T16:52:12.861+08:00CHILD @ The Learning CaravanThe Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-18353077930376552232020-04-24T00:35:00.000+08:002020-04-24T00:35:27.679+08:00SURPRISE ART PACK - CARDBOARD WEAVING LOOM<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Let's build a cardboard weaving loom. You will need the cardboard and rubber bands. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; text-align: center;">The idea for using rubber bands and cardboard to make a simple weaving loom came from Alyna. Weaving is an activity that helps children strengthen the muscles used in pincer grip, build fine motor skills, and eye-hand coordination. When children weave, they develop deeper understanding of spatial concepts of up, over and under.</span></div>
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How many rubber bands did you use? <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Weave a paper strip over and under the rubber bands. It may take a little time to do this. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Keep going. Go over, under, over, under. You can do it!</span></div>
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For the next paper strip, you need to weave in an under, over sequence. Continue weaving with the other paper strips. Ask your mother or father if you need help. This was how we weaved the paper strips.</div>
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That's right, you can use a glue stick to paste the ends to the cardboard. If you do not have a glue stick, wet glue works just as well. Remember to only use a dab of wet glue each time.</div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">Use a pair of scissors to cut off the excess paper on each end of the paper strips. </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Ask an adult to help you if you need help with the scissors.</span></div>
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Now your cardboard weaving loom is done. Show us how your weaving loom look. Take a photo of your weaving loom and share it with us.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">You can also weave on the back of the cardboard. Have fun weaving with other materials that you can find in your environment. We especially love weaving with natural materials.</span></div>
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Remember to share photos of your creation with us. Our next art pack will be out soon. Stay tuned.</div>
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Make sure the entire watercolour paper is moistened. Then carefully place the wet paper at a sunny spot at home. Leave it to dry. It may take a few hours to dry. For a print with intense colours, leave the wet crepe paper on the watercolour paper till it is fully dry.</div>
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The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-18725948507764265372020-04-23T19:52:00.003+08:002020-04-23T20:01:27.342+08:00SURPRISE ART PACK - BOOKMARK<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">About a week and a half ago, we launched an art pack that contained materials for interesting art projects that parents and children could work on together. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">We had fun curating and preparing materials that went into this pack.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We are excited about the art packs that were delivered to the four Friends of TLC who placed orders.There are materials that are good for at least four art projects in each pack. All the packs were sold out. Thank you June, Jing Rui, Mariana and Izyan for your support. </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: center;">As a bonus for your support, we doubled the quantity of coloured crepe paper, blank bookmarks and ribbons. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; text-align: center;">You can start with any project at any time. There is no one way to create nor fixed time-frame to complete the art projects. What is most important is that you take time to explore possibilities and enjoy the process. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Let your ideas flow freely. Enjoy exploring, playing and creating art using these materials. Do share your ideas with us. We look forward to seeing your creative works of art.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*Kraft cardboard x 1</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*Rubberbands x 10</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">*Ribbons x 2 (2 sets)</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">In the following visual guide, we will share the process of creating a collage design for the bookmarks. </span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Follow this guide to create your own designs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">How will you design your bookmarks? </span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Have a look at the patterned papers you received in your pack. </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">What shapes and colours do you see? </span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Which pattern caught your eye? </span></span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Which are the patterns that look interesting to you?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">For our bookmark, we cut out a row of triangles and pasted it on the long side of the blank bookmark. They look like buntings.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">Adults at home can help younger children cut the shapes or allow them to tear paper into strips or small pieces for this craft. Make small cuts along the sides of the patterned paper to make it easier for children to tear the paper.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">How will you start yours? </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">What are the colours you see in the patterned papers? How do those colours make you feel? </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">How will you design your bookmarks? </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">What is your favourite shape?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">We saw pastel green and yellow squares arranged in a circular shape. It looked like the shell of a snail. </span><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Many of our favourite things are green and yellow. What are some things you know that are green or yellow?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">We used a craft punch to cut star shapes but you can also draw a shape on the back of the patterned paper and cut it out using a pair of scissors.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1c1e21;">We wonder what shapes you are adding to your bookmark design. </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #1c1e21;">Are there any shapes that you can combine to form a new shape? What do the shapes remind you of? Can you spot the fish we added to our bookmark design?</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1c1e21;">Remember to take short breaks when you run out of ideas. Here is something you can do when you for fun. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1c1e21;">Patterns are all around us. Go on a pattern hunt at home. What patterns do you see in your room? What shapes do you see at home?</span></div>
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The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-32721864247519026322018-10-18T14:26:00.001+08:002020-06-09T21:26:37.493+08:00THIS WEEK AT TTY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">All children are born with a natural drive to play. Here's E engaging in her own play, totally child-led.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have had the box of shredded paper out for the past three weeks. Today, E got into the box by herself and sat in the box for a good 20 minutes. She scooped paper in her hands and threw it up into</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> the air. And she laughed. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were there copying her actions. E threw some of the paper at us. It was an invitation to join her in play. We scooped up some paper and let it fall down on her. She shook the paper off and smiled.</span></div>
The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-59006174173553911612018-09-29T17:19:00.001+08:002018-12-07T19:43:44.902+08:00PLAY @ THE TINKER YARD<br />
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children are allowed to have all the space and time they need to work on their
ideas. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";">Learning goals are
current and focused on helping children gain </span><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";">understanding and mastery through experiential play.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">Children play and learn
in a calm yet inspiring mixed-age play space that allows them to be free to
express their thoughts, exercise their imagination and encourages them to</span><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">learn to listen to different ideas in a
respectful and mindful way.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><span style="font-size: large;">Age Groupings<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><span style="font-size: large;">18 months old </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">to 23 months old</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";">2 years old to 4 years old</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><br clear="all" style="mso-special-character: line-break; page-break-before: always;" />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";">4 years old to 6 years old</span></span></div>
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observations made of children's play. </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">Curriculum at The Tinker Yard is informed by principles of RIE,
Playwork and the Reggio Emilia approach and framed by big ideas that children
have. </span></div>
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view of children being competent, curious, full of knowledge, potential, and
interested in connecting to the world around them.</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><span style="font-size: large;">Children are respected as capable and competent learners. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are empowered to take ownership of their
learning whilst getting adequate support from the teachers.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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children learn from failures as much as from successes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey";"><span style="font-size: large;">Children are given opportunity to make decisions, try things
out, test their hypothesis and more importantly feel secure to take risks. We
learn by doing and mistakes are inevitable. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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children feel safe, cultivate strong, secure and trusting relationships,
develop life skills and know that their thoughts & ideas are important and
valuable. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">Children learn to work together to achieve common goals as a team. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "happy monkey"; font-size: large;">They become self-motivated to seek solutions and collaborate with
others.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "symbol"; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;">·</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "happy monkey"; text-align: justify; text-indent: -24px;">We do not follow a fixed daily schedule. The schedule is adjusted to meet children's needs.</span></span><br />
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<!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·</span> <span style="font-family: "happy monkey";">We do not make children sit for long
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tasks that they have lost interest in.</span></span></div>
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our interactions with children.</span></span></div>
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is taken outside to a nature park where children could have messy sensory and
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support and collaboration in our class community (children, families and
teachers). This is achieved through our practice of respectful and mindful
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<br />The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-55556910070481975082018-09-06T00:17:00.001+08:002018-09-06T00:23:21.361+08:00Bubbles! Science and Art Messy Play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">for children 2 years old & up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Happening at Telok Kurau Park,</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">a short walk from Kembangan MRT Station.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Make bubble wands using commonly found objects.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Explore different ways to make bubbles.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have fun making art with bubbles.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">as well as your email address.</span><br />
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The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-43238180047161271212018-07-19T16:04:00.002+08:002018-07-19T16:04:31.644+08:00Play Dough Party | Ages 3 & up<div style="text-align: center;">
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The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-6224127139385256872018-07-19T12:36:00.000+08:002018-07-19T13:27:10.671+08:00Playgroup Series, July to September 2018 | Playing and Exploring with Tubes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Learning Caravanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02331052058832893602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878498838920039101.post-13568581969118476242018-07-11T18:42:00.003+08:002018-07-12T21:14:35.552+08:00Children Baking Class | Lemon, Rosemary and Olive Oil Shortbread Cookies<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We hold a strong view of children being competent, curious, full of knowledge, potential, and interested in connecting to the world around them.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Jean Piaget</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Children play and learn in a calm yet inspiring mixed-age play space that allows them to be free to express their thoughts &amp; exercise their imagination and encourages them to learn to listen to different ideas in a respectful and mindful way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our practice is research-based. We are life-long learners and view ourselves as partners with children &amp; families in nurturing children's holistic development. The team regularly engages in continuing professional development. We meet with fellow play leaders as well as local early childhood practitioners and international early childhood colleagues through learning exchanges, dialogues and professional training opportunities. With informed knowledge on early childhood education and self &amp; group reflections to guide us, we regularly review and improve our practice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We advocate for child-led play. We celebrate play and embrace curiosity. Play comes naturally to children and it is how they learn best. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We believe that children learn when they are having fun. Visitors to The Tinker Yard will find children engaging in different activities. At times, play might get messy which is perfectly fine with us as that is the exact reflection of real play! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Curriculum at The Tinker Yard is built upon principles of RIE and the Reggio Emilia approach. We hold a strong view that children are capable and competent learners. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Curriculum is framed around big ideas that children have. Our teachers carefully observe children at play and use those observations to plan the curriculum. Learning is meaningful and interesting to children.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Fred Rogers</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The environment at The Tinker yard is richly resourced with a diverse range of loose parts. Our space is intentionally designed and ready to offer children beautiful, open-ended materials and experiences full of possibility. Children have access to a diverse range of open-ended materials to explore, manipulate and invent with. </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Our team works hard to regularly update our learning space at The Tinker Yard to accommodate new ideas that children have. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Children are given opportunity to make decisions, try things out, test their hypothesis and more importantly feel secure to take risks. We learn by doing and mistakes are inevitable. At The Tinker Yard, mistakes are accepted. We believe that children learn from failures as much as from successes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We are grateful that parents who have joined us in our classes share the same philosophy on early years learning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We started a new class </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">this week at Kaboodle, Katong Square </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for children between 15 months old and 23 months old as well as one for children from 2 years old to 4 years old. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are mixed-aged programmes that are natural, child-led, unhurried and respectful of needs of children. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Our teachers set up The Tinker Yard classroom specially for these classes. W</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e aim to give children a space where they can discover, embrace and build upon their natural strengths and construct knowledge through experiential play. We take great effort to create a culture of trust, care, empathy, support and collaboration in our class community (children, families and teachers). This is achieved through our practice of respectful and mindful teaching.</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">"The goal of education is </span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">not to increase the amount of knowledge</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">to create men who are </span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">capable of doing new things."</span></i></div>
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<i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">“Play is often talked about </span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">as if it were a relief </span></i><i><span style="background: white; color: blue; font-family: "georgia" , serif;">from serious learning. </span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At The Tinker Yard, children are allowed to have all the space and time they need to work on their ideas. Teachers act as facilitators rather than instructors. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We carefully observe children at play and use those observations to support children in representing their ideas through their preferred learning style(s).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Play at THE TINKER YARD is a mixed age preschool class that is natural, child-led, unhurried and respectful of needs of children. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We do not use the thematic approach. Many early years settings in Singapore adopt the thematic approach. Most often, curriculum at these preschools is structured and teacher-directed. There is little or no room for children's voices to be heard. Children are not viewed as capable or competent learners rather they are viewed as needing to be fixed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lesson objectives are pre-determined and not intentionally planned based on current observations of children. The curriculum in this case expects children to meet adult-led expectations rather than meet their current learning and developmental needs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Curriculum at The Tinker Yard is built upon principles of RIE, Playwork and the Reggio Emilia approach. We trust children and hold a strong view of children being competent, curious, full of knowledge, potential, and interested in connecting to the world around them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In planning the curriculum, we draw inspiration from observations made of children's play. Curriculum is framed by big ideas that children have. Children are respected as capable and competent learners. They are empowered to take ownership of their learning while getting adequate support by our teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We take great effort to create a culture of trust, care, empathy, support and collaboration in our class community (children, families and teachers). This is achieved through our practice of respectful and mindful teaching.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We aim to give children a space where they can discover, embrace and build upon their natural strengths and construct knowledge through experiential play. </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Teachers take on the role of facilitators.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Children in our programme will be equipped with skills, values and knowledge that would carry them through challenges. They would have all that they need to be successful in what they do AND more importantly, have a happy childhood.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">If you would like to meet with us to learn more about The Tinker Yard or what we do, we welcome you to visit us at the studio. Just drop us an email to make an appointment.</span></div>
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