catherine.macmillan

Today I filmed the children playing co-operatively with others during free play. There were examples of every child doing something including sharing resources at the art table, helping each other solve problems at the computer, playing an imaginative game together and taking turns on the interactive whiteboard.

We then had a discussion at the end of the session when we all viewed the ‘movies’ together on the whiteboard. The children were all engaged in the discussion because it was focused around themselves and what they had been doing well. It was meaningful and fun for them all and also good for specific children who don’t interact much with others or find it more difficult to share etc.