However I'm fascinated by mirrors and their potential for exploring and viewing spaces and places in different ways. I also work with a number of children who enjoy looking at themselves in mirrors. So I did wonder about alphabet mirrors and what would happen if we had these outside.
This didn't seem to matter for the next class. The younger children really enjoyed looking for the different letters. It was a harder task than anticipated. Unlike most commercial alphabets, the letters often mirrored their surroundings in a peculiar camouflaged sort of way.
It was a calm, grey, overcast day so we didn't get the flash of sun reflecting off the mirrors. Instead we had to look and wonder.
When the letters were laid on open ground, we definitely got a brighter look owing to the sky.
All-in-all I think these letters may well remain a source of interest to children and be used in all sorts of playful ways. I got my set from Cosy - telephone 01332 370152 for a catalogue.
5 comments:
these are very nice & I love the reflections of the trees in them. I had the shape ones before & they lasted really well outdoors.
Another good post on bring the learning outside for the older children, will share with my primary colleagues, Kierna
I think it's important that children accessing the formal curriculum have a variety of options outside as well as in to help with basic literacy skills. This is a nice addition and another accidental discovery!
It's not just your ideas Juliet (which are always awesome btw) but it's the way you write about the learning that emerges. The things you notice and the way you write is always so thought-provoking for me. Thank you for being such a fabulous teacher!
seems so obvious when you say it, we just bought these but haven't taken them outside yet, can't think why not!!
Oh this happens to me too, all the time. I get a lot of inspiration, thankfully from other practitioners and other blogs!
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