Invitation and provocation

Simple Literacy Provocations from Fairy Dust Teaching! #literacy #provocations

When you think about invitations and provocations what do you think is most significant? What is the relationship between an invitation and provocation?

Loose parts come in all different shapes, sizes and colors. They stimulate the imagination and develop fine motor skills in kids of all ages. Set up invitations to play and see the true beauty of childhood innocence come forth while kids explore their prompts.

During our most recent #ReggioPLC twitter chat, participants were asked to suggest what we might discuss next. Many of us were compelled by this question: Environments are invitations for inquiry. …

I truly believe the best ideas come from the children and 'Tell me a story' came from being asked this by a child.There is always a story basket on hand to explore, retell and play with and perhaps this is where ‘Tell me a story’ came from but I do not know for sure. Jay had begun to use loose parts and resources to create elaborate stories and play. I loved sitting and listening to them. After a couple of weeks I was invited to join them with ‘Tell me a story’. I was excited to be invited…

Learn how to set up your own invitation to play using printable activities and loose parts! you'll love these tips and resources for setting up these lovely invitations in your own early childhood program.

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By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. When I first began teaching early childhood education about three decades ago, there were many discussions about the language that we use to name what we do. I rememb…