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In the Reggio Emilia Approach, each child is viewed as infinitely capable, creative, and intelligent. The job of the teacher is to support these qualities and to challenge children in appropriate ways

Louise Boyd Cadwell

Thomas the tank engine: Splish Splash Squelch

Splish, Splash, Squelch is a a fun activity in which you must assist Thomas and Cranky Crane by loading the correct loads in order. Cranky the crane will lower down an item and will place it in the corresponding container. The player will then have to mimic cranky’s actions by placing all of the items in the correct container in the sequence they were done.…

Thomas the tank engine: Printable materials

Hi everyone, I’ve found some very beautiful coluring pages and play worksheets which Im sure that your children will enjoy. It is possible for children to get the latest colouring pages and crafts in association with the latest movies and mini series. They could make a great way to keep children interested in the theme as well as keeping them better cognitively occupied than staring…

Thomas the tank engine: Steam Team Relay

Thomas and his Friends need your help! Can you act as locomotive firemen and help put the correct shape of coal into the engine’s firebox? Can you help the engines get to their destination? In this game, the player is required to pick an engine of their choosing and help them through a particular problem. The children will act a s locomotive fireman and supply…

Casual day (23rd January) and Cooking activity (24th January) Memo

Hi everyone, I am sending this announcement to inform you that the school is going to be having a casual day on the 23rd January. We were reminded to ask you if it could be possible to not send the children in very restrictive clothing such as that may hinder their ability to do things efficiently and independently such as go to the bathroom and…

The Classroom door: Our Cornish Riviera Learning Express

Hiya everyone, this is a quick post to show everyone the class door decoration for this theme. The children and I looked on the internet together and found a door panel similar to this one and they were very fond of it, so I decided to recreate it for the children so that they could have a surprise on Monday morning when they come to…

Video quiz: At the harbour

During our second lunch time today, the children were talking between themselves when all of a sudden I hear a voice shouting out “Sir, Sir look what I have”. I promptly looked over to see Z.B holding a piece of apple in his hand. he exclaimed that he loved apples because they are sweet. the other children also took the chance to talk about what…

Thomas the Tank Engine Vs Real life

The children had asked me if Thomas and his friends actually existed in the real world during circle time this morning. This instinctively began a discussion, so much so that we were kept engaged for over 45 minutes discussing every-bodies views. Since it had arrived time for break so we stopped and after I decided instead of showing the children some real images of the…

Thomas the tank engine: RWS Classic Library

Since the children have chosen the theme of trains, I began my research as to give the children the best possible learning experience using a variety of sources. As I was searching, I stumbled onto amazon and managed to find a really nice mini library of reprints of the original Thomas the Tank Engine stories From 1945. I think that they would be a perfect…

Thomas The Tank Engine Sing along Songs Wakelet

Hi everyone, I hope that you are doing well. Here I have create a link to another wakelet pad but this time it contains various Thomas and Friends orientated songs. The songs that i have chose have been selected in mind, the underlying meaning of each song. Every song in the collection speaks about different attributes such as in the song ‘Toby’ it portrays that…

Life on the Railway Wakelet

I have compiled an amount of videos regarding life on a railway, spanning different aspects such as the types of engines that can be found on the railway and the function of different parts of a railway. In this Wakelet, you will be be able to find videos that pertain to real life as well as to the world of Thomas and Friends, to bridge…

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