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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
'Learning Blocks News' |
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‘I am using the JAGGO blocks for 4 years now. The blocks are a wonderful addition to your classroom resources. The block area provides a very rich learning experience. Children enjoy exploring 3-dimentional space while they construct many... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
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'In my experience block play provides a host of learning opportunities for young children. As children build with the blocks, and talk with their teachers about their work, there are many opportunities for the development of oral language skill... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
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JAGGO blocks are an essential infant classroom resource. While children are at platy with JAGGO blocks they are constantly developing mathematical and social skills. These blocks are inspirational....they trigger the child's imagination and ope... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
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...'Absolutely brilliant! Children love them. It's fantastic to see what the children are making with them. They are using symmetry and architecture, maths and communication.....'
Mary Irving, Principal, St. Catherine's Infant School, Cabra, D... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
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..'I will continue to promote block play going forward, I do believe that adults/carers/parents really need to observe children with the blocks to see their play and learning value....'
Marie Doherty, Mid-West Early Childhood Specia... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 19/01/2012 in
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Block play is a powerful vehicle for implementing many areas of the primary school curriculum and for facilitating playful practice through Aistear’s curriculum framework. &... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 14/07/2011 in
'Useful Resources' |
By Mary Hohmann and David P. Weikart
Almost all children enjoy playing in the block area and can find something to do with blocks, whether or not they have ever played with them before. Young children with little prior experience enjoy taking bloc... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 12/07/2011 in
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It is many years since Froebel, followed by educator Caroline Pratt, focused the eye of early childhood educators on the value of the ‘unit block’ and block play. Block sets are now available containing the full range: the base unit block... Read Full Story >> |
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| Posted On: 11/07/2011 in
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It’s been more than two hundred years since Friedrich Froebel introduced wooden shapes for children to explore, take apart, and put together. Since then, blocks have been shown to aid the development of young children. Jean Piaget’s theor... Read Full Story >> |
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