The poisoned drink

A group of four and five year old boys are playing in the school garden. They are mixing some poisoned drink for the pirates. They come up against a problem and have to work out how to solve it.

Good for looking at

• COEL - Creating and thinking critically
• Pretend play
• Self-regulation
• Socialising
• Communication
• Messy play
• Mud

 

A group of four and five year old boys are playing in the school garden. They are mixing some poisoned drink for the pirates. They come up against a problem and have to work out how to solve it.

Notice

• How are the children learning? Which areas of development, engagement and characteristics of learning can you observe?
• Can you see evidence of any aspects of self-regulation?
• In what ways does the adult support the children’s learning?
• How does the environment support the children’s learning?
• What is valuable about the materials provided as learning resources?