1.Name of the Resource: Hospital Role Play
The link to the resource: http://theimaginationtree.com/2013/05/hospital-role-play-ideas.html How the resource promotes inclusive practices: In order to promote children’s dramatic creative skills, the setting up of hospital is a valuable experience. Children can play different roles, for example, doctor, nurses and patients. The experience gives them the opportunity to practice the different dramatic skills of acting, conversation, role play and expressions. The resource is inclusive in a way that all the children can freely join in the play without the restrictions of sex, ability, disability, culture and language as every child deserves to be “valued, supported and get access to equal opportunities …show more content…
Name of the Resource: My Daddy Ate an Apple
The link to the Resource: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsSB-AYgQiw How the resource promotes inclusive practices: My Daddy ate and Apple is a rhyming book written by Scott Tulloch with a CD inside. The words in the book has been sung in the C.D. in an interesting way. The book follows the adventure of a Zebra, who bites an apple only to discover a worm inside. Children will love this rhyming book of adventure of Zebra when he heads into the hospital to get the worm inside with a hilarious ending. The book includes the musical representation of the story with illustrative pictures.
8. Name of the Resource: Old MacDonald had a farm song
The Link to the Resource: http://www.kidsongs.com/lyrics/old-macdonald-had-a-farm.html How the resource promotes inclusive practices: Music plays an important role in the learning and development of of young children. It provides a “rich sensory environment” (Kidshealth, 2016) to the toddlers as they learn through their senses at this stage. Old MacDonald had a farm song can be used for the group or circle time to provide musical experience. Children can sit as a group and the teacher can sing this song with them. The song involves all the children as the teacher can ask them the different sounds of the …show more content…
Wright (2012) asserts that “through positive, sensitive and skilled teacher involvement, adults can enhance, extend and develop children’s learning in, about and through drama” (Wright, 2012). Firstly, the teachers can provide the open-ended material to children. Open-ended material provides children an opportunity to use their imagination and creativity. For example, children can use the bandages in a number of ways from wrapping it around their arm to make a sling. Further, the teacher can participate in the activity through active role playing. The teacher can either be the doctor or the patient. However, sometimes the teacher needs to stay away from the direct participation as it can disrupt children’s imagination and creativity. However, if some children struggle to participate in the activity, the teacher can scaffold their learning process by helping and encouraging them to