Advance Your Planning

At our reflective practice group this, Kasturi led us in a great activity she created that takes activity planning to the next level.

 

Each person was provided with a “plate” divided into 3 sections, and an activity to plan.  They were given magazines and early childhood catalogs to select materials for the activity and glue on1/3 of the plate. 

This part of planning is pretty typical.  We plan activities daily for the children.

Then,  the planning went to the next level.  In addition to planning the activity, Kasturi asked the group to also plan ways to extend the activity (writing them in another 1/3 of the plate).

Then, Kasturi asked the group to pre-plan conversations and open ended questions.  This is such a great idea since being skilled at asking open ended questions takes practice, and pre-planning can make it much easier.

Take your planning from Planning 101 to Planning 201 by planning how to extend the activity and planning your interactions!