LISTENING TO BOYS
Having chosen the subject 'Why boys are failing in the Foundation Stage' for my BA (Hons) research project, I decided I wanted to do something to interest the boys in my setting. The staff team decided to observe the children and listen to what their interests are.
As a result, we now take the curriculum to the boys rather then interrupt their play by calling them to a table. If a boy's schema is, for example, construction, then we will adapt the learning to his play. We all agree that whatever the children learn indoors they can also learn outdoors, and probably more enthusiastically too.
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