Seth gives a friend a ride

Four year old friends Seth and Davide are playing on the bike. Seth is giving Davide a lift but he's heavy on the uneven ground. How can he get over the bumps?

Good for looking at

• COEL - Active learning, keeping on trying
• Physical play
• Physical development
• Friendships
• Socialising
• Learning outdoors

Four year old friends Seth and Davide are playing on the bike. Seth is giving Davide a lift but he’s heavy on the uneven ground. How can he get over the bumps?

Notice

• How are the children learning? Which areas of development, engagement and characteristics of learning can you observe?
• How does the environment support the children’s learning?
• What is valuable about the equipment provided?

Reflect

What are your thoughts about:

• How Seth is learning?
• How the friendship between Seth and Davide supports their learning?
• The role of the environment in enabling this learning?
• The value of this type of physical play for supporting self-regulated learning?

Respond

What would you do to:

• Support Seth’s understanding of what he has learned?
• Encourage the boys to take turns so that Davide is active in this play?
• Extend their learning – e.g. supplying other physical challenges that they can do together?
• Model behaviours for young children and show how useful they are? Talking out loud about how your working through a physical challenge while you’re doing it.

What next:

• Do you need to encourage more of this kind of physical play for the children in your setting?