This short presentation is from the Rainbow Nursery Tel Aviv Staff meeting May 2019. It focuses on supporting children's free play, making the most of spontaneous learning opportunities and delivering effective continuous provision. This is relevant to working in the EYFS

1. STAFF MEETING
2 8 T H M AY 2 0 1 9

2. OVERVIEW
Continuous provision, Free play
and laying out the play
environment

3. SPONTANEOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
An unplanned opportunity to learn something, explore or extend children’s thinking.
Usually spontaneous learning opportunities stem from a stimulus in the environment
or play space, children’s own ideas, interests or questions or an unplanned event
For example; rain, or a visitor entering the room

4. SPONTANEOUS LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
EXAMPLE…
Alice from Zebras noticed it was raining, and
goes outside as soon as the staff allow her!
She runs to the mud areas, and helps Polina
uncover it. She is excited to see that the water
has dripped through and made puddles, she
begins splashing around.
Polina asks if she knows that snails and slugs come out
when it rains. Alice and Polina decide to dig for snails and
slugs… Polina goes to get a jar to put anything that they
find in.
Polina talks about what slugs like to eat, and when Alice
and the 3 other children go inside, they go to the kitchen
with Polina and find food for the slugs, this is added to the
jar. The jar is placed on the shelf in Zebras, and Alice and
her friends check it everyday for the next week and
everyday feed the slugs with Polina.

5. FREE PLAY
Children choosing what they want to
do, how they want to do it and when
to stop and try something else. Free
play has no external goals set by
adults and has no adult imposed
curriculum. Although adults usually
provide the space and resources for
free play and might be involved, the
child takes the lead and the adults
respond to cues from the child
When it comes to Free Play, the concept
of choice is crucial. This does not mean
that there should be an absence of
boundaries. Required boundaries need
to be managed taking into consideration
first and foremost the importance of a
child’s need to choose their own play,
and making sure that this is facilitated.

6. FREE PLAY…
Free Play Encourages
Cognitive Development and a
Child’s Ability to Solve
Problems
• Allows children to use their creativity and
develop their imagination, dexterity, and
other strengths
• Encourages children to interact with the
world around them
• Helps children conquer their fears and
build their confidence
• Enables children to build social skills, to
be or work in groups so they learn to
share and resolve conflicts
• To practice decision-making skills

7. CONTINUOUS PROVISION
The purpose of an effective continuous
provision is to offer children a constant
environment that is safe for them to
explore whilst challenging their learning.
It should allow children the freedom to
explore and become independent in
making choices. An important part of the
EYFS is to support children in becoming
active learners; continuous provision
allows children to demonstrate
Continuous provision is often made up of
learning centres, and should provide
opportunities for physical, intellectual,
cognitive, language, personal and social,
mathematical and reasoning, creative
and imaginative development.
It can include areas such as block play,
role play, music, craft and arts based
resources, mark making, literacy, games,
and should include a mix of natural
resources, designed games and
heuristic items

8. USE AS MANY NATURAL MATERIALS
AS YOU CAN
• Think of ways to enhance, extend and
develop your free play and continuous
provision with natural materials and
resources
• Plastic is NOT fantastic
• Think – textures! Children explore with all
senses!

10. GENERAL SET UP RULES
• On Each carpet – 2 things
• Baskets should be used to display
resources, not plastic trays
• Resources should ne HALF in a
basket, and the other half should be
HALF set up, and HALF laid out for the
children to continue with
Think about how you window dress and display the
resources

11. SO... THIS…?

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63. THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Sammy Fugler
Director
Rainbow Nursery