Play-Based Classroom: Timing is everything.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Timing is everything.

When it comes to photographing children, timing is EVERYTHING!

I'm no expert. I take photos of activities we do in the classroom, and I try to capture the happy moments as well.

Take this photo. Four children spontaneously decided to lie down and enjoy the beautiful weather together, and I managed to capture a few giggles. But look at the boy on the right. He is right about to...

...get up.

In the few seconds it took my camera to click and prepare for the next photo, the moment was gone. But wasn't it lovely?

Happy Playing!

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Kierna CApril 15, 2012 at 2:24 AM
So true, Gina, I have started carrying a camera around with me outside as so many times I went to get it & the children had moved on! I also love how you may be focused on one thing for a photo & when you see it later you notice something much bigger in the background! Kierna
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Welcome

My name is Gina, and I am a preschool teacher in a 3's classroom. I used the term "teacher" lightly, because much of my job consists of facilitating the natural curiosity of children. My classroom is called the COYOTES, and they bring me both joys and pains, laughter and tears, peace and stress. :)

The Coyotes classroom is a child-centered environment. This means I let the kids have a say in their day, design developmentally appropriate activities, have open-ended art projects, and engage in A LOT of sensory experiences.

Each day provides opportunities to create, move, read, discuss, observe, sing, and play!

I facilitate the children's individual interests, needs, growth, and learning.

This blog will be focused on the play-based activities I do in my classroom, but I also hope it will become a useful resource for fellow teachers/parents of young children. I am almost obsessed with how children can learn so much from simply "playing." I hope to share some of my creativity and enthusiasm with anyone else who loves children.

Happy playing!

-Gina