Teacher Bung’s Memories and Ideas for a School Break
Holiday skill activities can leave room for rest, shared time and new experiences. Teacher Bung’s archive combines family reflections with camp and…
Keeping Space for Conversation, Movement and Making
Balancing tablets and everyday play is the practical theme of this archive. It recognises useful media while asking what other experiences a child needs.
Build a Set, Make a New Model and Tell a Story
Three construction play ideas appear in this New Year holiday archive: follow a set, invent another model and make a short stop-motion story.
A Moral Dilemma as a Conversation, Not a Test
Discussing reasons for a choice is the purpose of this archive’s fictional medicine dilemma. It introduces four simplified perspectives attributed to…
Robotics, Cooking, Sport, Numbers, Languages and Clay
Six holiday activity ideas appear in this archive. The named providers and their historical schedules are retained as context, with current arrangements to…
An Archive Comparison with Weekend Learning
Robotics during school holidays is compared with other activities and weekend lessons in this archive. Its seven differences describe the programme offered…
Talking about Children’s Projects with Care
Sharing a construction project is the archive’s invitation to parents. It offers six ways to notice a creation, listen to its story and join in appropriately.
Construction, Textures, Balance and Whole-Body Activity
Hand skills and movement play are compared in Teacher Bung’s archive article. Its examples include grasping, construction, balance, running and climbing.
Building, Testing, Troubleshooting and Explaining
Attention during construction play is described through classroom observations in this archive. The examples are learning situations, not an ADHD diagnosis…
Making “A Little Longer” Clear and Manageable
Agreeing when play will end is the archive’s response to “just a little longer”. It offers three communication steps while recognising they will not suit…
Teacher Bung on Connecting Learning at School and Home
Child centred play and learning is Teacher Bung’s theme. The archive asks teachers and families to observe participation and share useful information about…
A Short Classroom Reflection on Learning Together
Helping peers through construction is the focus of this short archive reflection. P’Raise describes one learner showing another how to continue a model.
How a Different Question Can Change a Robot Project
Asking better problem solving questions can reveal more than one route to a solution. The archive starts with a soap-box story and then turns to robot…
Small Ideas, Mechanisms and Creative Construction
Practising invention through play can start with a simple improvement. The archive distinguishes making a useful object from needing to work as a…
Questions, Confidence and Manageable Challenges
Building creative thinking skills is the archive’s theme. It describes creativity as finding a new idea or method and suggests four ways to make room for…
Discovering Children’s Interests without Pressure
Discovering interests through play takes time and varied opportunities. The archive reassures families that not having one clear favourite is not a failure.
Thinking, Design, Hand Use and Sharing a Creation
Learning through robot construction can involve several kinds of practice. This English edition retains the archive’s examples while clarifying its older…
Exploring a Child’s Learning Strengths
Exploring learning strengths begins with opportunities and observation. The archive connects practice, manageable challenges and interests with eight…
From Peekaboo to Questions about Quantities
Exploring how children think starts with noticing their explanations. This archive article uses peekaboo, modelling clay and a simple equation as…
A Guide to the Archive’s Discussion of Cognitive Development
Piaget and learning activities are connected in this archive through sensory play, pretend play, puzzles and programming. The stages provide historical context.