Schema activities

The transforming schema is all about change and how things transform in substance or appearance. If you have children in your classroom mixing sand with water or drawing and painting on their bodies, you might have children developing their transformation schema. This blog post will explain exactly what this play schema is and give you a heap of playful hands-on activities to support it.

Schemas! Schemas are in every moment of play. Children often have a favourite schema that they lean into when playing. Does your little one like throwing things? Or dropping things off of their highchair? Then they might be a fan of trajectory. #sensoryandmessyplay #toddlerclassescornwall #babygroupcornwall #edibleplay #minimessmakers #myminimessmaker #messyplaycornwall #schemasofplay

We have been observing the children very carefully these past few weeks to identify the schemas in action in our classroom in order to ...

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

Connecting! Does your little one like problem solving? Are they a fan of jigsaws or activities like threading? They could be a fan of the connecting schema. #sensoryandmessyplay #toddlerclassescornwall #babygroupcornwall #edibleplay #minimessmakers #myminimessmaker #messyplaycornwall

Make some Pom-Pom ramps this fall! A great STEM activity for toddlers and preschool kids during a rainy day, STEM centers! #STEMforkids #rainydayfun

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.

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

This past weekend I got to help out with a Community Science Day at my son's co-op preschool. My favorite thing about the event was that all of the science activities were very simple and

Orientation! Do you catch your little one looking through their legs or laying half on and half off the sofa upside down? Do they enjoy spinning around and then watching objects around them "moving"? Maybe they are exploring the orientation schema. Here's a bit of information on how to add orientation rich activities into your day to day play. #sensoryandmessyplay #toddlerclassescornwall #babygroupcornwall #edibleplay #minimessmakers #myminimessmaker #messyplaycornwall ##schemasofplay