Exciting real-life experiences for the children provided through visitors to the setting or trips out – we recently went to the zoo – can become powerful ‘hooks’ for learning and drawn on for weeks after the event.
One way that we encourage communication and language development following a special experience is to use photos taken on the day, which can prompt children into remembering different parts of it, making comments and having conversations. We display them in our A2 floorbook over a double page and make sure there is at least one photo of each child. The floorbook is left out in the environment as an enhancement some days, and children are always drawn to looking at their photos. The first time the children see the page, an adult will often jot down their comments.
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