Tinkering Area

🧳 The Tinker Trunk 🧳 This Tinker Trunk is in our training classroom. We love using suitcases as Tinker Trunks and Cases of Wonder. This one features our...

An easily adaptable Tinkering Table, perfect for adding extra baskets of washers, bolts, hand tools, and other recycled materials! EYLF: Outcome 4, Children develop a range of skills and processes such as problem solving, inquiry, experimentation, hypothesising, researching and investigating.

I've been hearing radio commercials urgently shouting about "last minute gift ideas" since at least mid-November. Pfft. But now, finally, the last minute is truly upon us, so as a public service I offer Teacher Tom's last minute gift ideas for children, most of which won't even require a trip to a mall. Mesh produce bags. Things that rot. A place to leave things to rot . . . . . . and worms to live there. Sticks. An old typewriter. Concrete. Dominoes. Tape. Sand. Blocks. Hammers. Drills…

Tinkering table at Penbank School - Australia. For more inspiring classrooms visit: http://pinterest.com/kinderooacademy/provocations-inspiring-classrooms/ ≈ ≈

If you have a kid or kids at home, you can hear the words "I am bored" at any time. So be prepared with different activities or toys not only to keep them

Tinkering

The term “loose parts” has grown in popularity recently as educators and parents have rediscovered this timeless approach to play. Loose ...