About
A day at the
Tiny Tribe
Each day is organized into sessions, each session is designed to take into consideration the 7 areas of learning and development as set out in the department of education statutory framework and listed below:
Three prime areas:
Communication and language
Physical development
Personal, social and emotional development
Four specific areas:
Literacy
Mathematics
Understanding the world
Expressive art and design.
Although there is always a plan for the day, this is intentionally kept fluid. This means that I can take into account how the children are feeling, mood, weather and anything specific that the children have been doing at home or something that is of interest to them in the moment. Different children attend on different days and this can really change the tribes dynamic and what we do. Sometimes when the children see each other they remember a shared experience from the last visit and want to pick up where the left off. This can often be a running game or dancing to a particular song. I roll with this and maybe steer or make suggestions to enrich the learning experience.
Daily Routine
Arrive and settle in
Breakfast
Morning session
Lunch
Afternoon session one
Afternoon tea
Afternoon session two
Pre pick up
Curriculum and daily routine
Autumn and Winter Curriculum
Activities
Mud play
Blackberry picking and painting and baking
Making natural paint brushes
Leaf friends
Autumn leaf crowns
Den building
Making stick tribees. Sticks bound with wool, each child makes themselves.
Bark rubbing
Chlorophyll pictures
Sensory walks: the forest, the hills, the beach
Story stones: pictures painted onto stones used as an aid for story telling, offering a real workout for the children’s imaginations.
Autumn rainbows, using all the different coloured fallen leaves to make a rainbow.
Apple picking and baking
Pumpkin picking and carving
Leaf stitching,threading string through leaves to make bunting or mobiles.
Beach combing and play including art projects
Rockpool safari
Tiny tribe goes to town- Winchester visit, cathedral grounds, market stalls.
Base Camp
Garden activities
Free play garden toys.
Fire pit
Pond dipping
Mud kitchen
Playhouse
Big garden safari
Gardening
Indoors
Free play toys
Circle time
Stories
Painting and drawing
Cooking
Music and dance
Tiny Yogis- yoga games.
Tiny professors
Junk modelling
Play dough
Sensory play
Play kitchen
Soft play
Dens
Festivals
Chinese New Year
Diwali
Rio carnival
Holi Festival of colour
Haloween
Guy Fawkes night
Winter solstice
Christmas
Festival of Lights (Hanukah),
Eid al-Fitr
Rules and Routines
Always try our very best to listen
Always stay within the physical area we set out at the start of a session.
Be kind.
Respect other people and the things around us.
Never put anything in our mouths, not even our fingers.
Season specific vocabulary
Autumn
Adventure
Oak tree
Acorn
Leaves
Stick
Branch
Trunk
Vine
Crunchy
Bark
Squirrel
Birds
Bramble
Wet
Dry
Warm
Cold
Dark
Bright
Wind, windy
Rain,rainy
Frost
Icy
Discover
Imagination
Shelter