PEDAGOGICAL WORKSPACE · NO CHILD DATA

Plan an Autumn week

Choose an age range and day, then add activities. The focus is the environment, adult practice and the group’s opportunities to participate.

Age range

Day you are planning

2–3 YEARS

Pedagogical ideas

MOVEMENT · MUSICIndoors or outdoors · 15 min

Pedagogical purpose: Connect movement, rhythm, cause and effect, and body-related language.
Adult role: Sing slowly, alternate high and low movements, and follow movements initiated by the children.
Materials: Light fabrics in autumn colours and a simple song.
Participation and access: The activity can be done sitting, lying or standing; use gestures and repeated words.
Question for the team: Did adults follow children’s initiatives, or direct every movement?

MOTOR · NATUREOutdoors · 25–40 min

Pedagogical purpose: Support balance, coordination and confidence through gradual challenges.
Adult role: Offer easier and more challenging options, stay nearby and describe strategies without rushing.
Materials: Shallow puddles or tubs, low boards, leaves, boots and suitable clothing.
Participation and access: Provide a dry parallel route; allow children to watch first; offer physical support only when needed.
Question for the team: Did the path offer choice, achievable challenge and safety for the group?

LANGUAGE · INQUIRYOutdoors · 30 min

Pedagogical purpose: Expand vocabulary, comparison, attention to the environment and small-group conversation.
Adult role: Invite children to find shades, ask open questions and welcome every language used in the group.
Materials: Colour cards, a basket and an optional magnifying glass.
Participation and access: Use visual cards and object references; children may point, show, speak or use AAC.
Question for the team: How many forms of communication did the team recognise?

PLAY · RELATIONSHIPSOutdoors · 35–60 min

Pedagogical purpose: Support pretend play, cooperation, turn-taking, sorting and storytelling.
Adult role: Make materials available, help the play continue and join only when it can extend rather than control it.
Materials: Pots, spoons, containers, water, soil, leaves and sticks.
Participation and access: Create varied roles and cards for actions such as mix, serve, more, finished and help.
Question for the team: Did materials and adult participation extend the play or interrupt its flow?

MUSIC · LANGUAGEIndoors or outdoors · 20–30 min

Pedagogical purpose: Explore rhythm, listening, imitation, turn-taking and collaborative creation.
Adult role: Begin with short patterns, invite each child to suggest a sound and combine the ideas into a group sequence.
Materials: Dry leaves, sealed seed shakers and small pieces of wood.
Participation and access: Offer hearing protection, quiet instruments and the option to participate through movement.
Question for the team: Did children’s ideas have a real place in the composition?

STORY · IMAGINATIONSmall group · 25 min

Pedagogical purpose: Develop sequence, imagination, vocabulary and listening to different perspectives.
Adult role: Start with a leaf character and let the group decide where it goes and what it meets.
Materials: Leaves, blue fabric, stones, figures or concrete story objects.
Participation and access: Use choice pictures; accept contributions through speech, gesture, sound, drawing or objects.
Question for the team: Did the story belong to the group, or was it mostly directed by the adult?

REVIEW PRACTICE

After the activities, review the practice — without assessing individual children.