Schematic play activities

Learn about play schemas and get activity ideas for each of the 9 play schemas. Transporting, positioning, connection, transforming...

sensory play activities involving schematic play themes 1. Transporting Schema Children enjoy moving objects from one place to another. Water Play:...

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Transportation! Do you find your little one carrying items back and forth? Do they like to load things and then unload them again? Then transportation could be their thing! #schemasinplay #schemasinearlychildhood #transportationschema #sensoryandmessyplay #toddlerclassescornwall #babygroupcornwall #edibleplay #minimessmakers #myminimessmaker #messyplaycornwall

by Claire Sands Why does he keep taking the blocks and hiding them? Why is she always wrapping things in blankets? Why do our children do the things they do. This blog post explains schemas and why knowing about them can really help us to understand our children's behaviour and to provide play opportunities they'll engage with. You can also read our other blog posts in this series: What is Play?, The Importance of Play, Barriers to play, The Play Cycle; My Sofa: Enabling Environments, Easy…

The connecting schema is all about how things connect and separate. If you have children in your classroom tying things together, fascinated with tape or building and knocking over towers of blocks, you have children developing their connection schema. This blog post will explain exactly what this p

Do you have students interested in wrapping, covering, or hiding objects or themselves? If you do - then you have students with the enveloping play schema. In this blog post, we'll explore the enveloping play schema in-depth and you’ll discover heaps of activities to support it in your classroom.

Catering for a transporting schema before we even knew what a schema was! TEMIS ELC

Rotation schemas are really common, and many children exhibit this repeating behavior pattern. I’ve taught in the early childhood phase for 12 years, and in that time I have trained myself to first look out for schemas, and second to act on them. Rotation schemas can be supported through so many different activities – whether …

Positioning! Have you noticed your little one lining up all of their toys? Or perhaps they like to create patterns with different objects? Positioning is a popular schema. I often see children at our sessions lining things up. Here's all you need to know about the positioning schema. #sensoryandmessyplay #toddlerclassescornwall #babygroupcornwall #edibleplay #minimessmakers #myminimessmaker #messyplaycornwall ##schemasofplay