tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post65288741572929708..comments2022-09-12T00:53:10.201-07:00Comments on Tinkering With Ideas - Educational Leadership Project Ltd: The planning dance.....Lynn Rupehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06994951116050365601noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post-38716546976238445822021-05-15T17:00:44.220-07:002021-05-15T17:00:44.220-07:00Kia ora Sally, thank you for sharing your thoughts...Kia ora Sally, thank you for sharing your thoughts. There are so many many words in ECE that we could remove because as you say they are about business. All the language of ECE should be about connection. <br />I refer to planning as Curriculum Design or Design for Learning because it shifts it out of the idea of planning ahead of time with template filling in that inspire little vibrancy and passion. Curriculum Design or Design for Learning encompasses everything we do, moment by moment throughout the day.<br /><br />I love the way you are thinking.Lynn Rupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06994951116050365601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post-75626545819595198462021-02-28T15:38:22.873-08:002021-02-28T15:38:22.873-08:00Thank you for sharing this post Lynn, which I have...Thank you for sharing this post Lynn, which I have just found while scrolling through the ELP website!<br /><br />The idea of using the metaphor of dance for planning fills me with excitement and inspiration !! For a long time I have been unhappy with the use of the word planning in relation to the work we do with children in early childhood. It is such a stuffy and businesslike term, and to me does not seem to fit at all with our profession.<br /><br /> I wonder what other business like terms we could replace , with words and metaphors that bring us joy - a strategic dance, instead of a strategic plan? Maybe even the word appraisal could be replaced with something else?<br /><br />Imagine if instead of planning meetings we had meetings to discuss how the various ‘dances’ were going? My imagination is running wild as I visualise what the documentation on the walls could look like! What if this metaphor was used more in our Learning stories and documentation?<br /><br /> I am also interested to reflect on this metaphor of dance further, in relation to the unique ways in which children like to learn (dance). Perhaps some children would like their dance to be a waltz, with its structure, confines, and certain disciplines. Perhaps others would prefer the freedom and flexibility of a Latin American dance, or the complete freedom of creative dance? Maybe all of the above?!<br /><br /><br />Sally - Professional Relieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575986394627172558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post-69780032346319829372018-08-15T22:45:20.661-07:002018-08-15T22:45:20.661-07:00Thanks for the lovely insightful comment. One of ...Thanks for the lovely insightful comment. One of the wonderful shifts in language inside Te Whāriki (2017) is acknowledging the children are indeed already learners. Gone are the words "to grow up" at the beginning of the aspiration statement. So instead of to grow up as competent and confident.....we now have "competent and confident". Acknowledging the child as a learner already.Lynn Rupehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06994951116050365601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post-86269674757129914132016-07-22T02:37:41.613-07:002016-07-22T02:37:41.613-07:00This made my heart so happy to read. It has alway...This made my heart so happy to read. It has always struck me as strange that teachers of 5 year olds in NZ Primary Schools, often, but not always, set the learning space up in a way which directs children to learn a very adult way. Yet, children of all ages, are very capable learners. As teachers who guide 'the dance', it is up to us to allow graciously, and with deep respect, not only opportunities to learn, but belief in children that they are indeed already learners. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5216499881830419914.post-87136213803612965562016-05-26T22:04:41.755-07:002016-05-26T22:04:41.755-07:00Lynn, I loved this insightful thinking. You lift o...Lynn, I loved this insightful thinking. You lift our sights into really important questions around our perspective of ourselves as teachers. What does in deed happen when we trust the process of play and of children's abilities to engage deeply, widely and thoughtfully, and as a consequence keep their learning identities as curious explorers, in tact.<br />Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04572515154577730276noreply@blogger.com