15/04/2025
Story Pod Feedback: Locking Preschool, Locking Primary School.
At the bottom of the garden.
As there were some very delicate bits in this Pod, I decided to lay it out on a table and sat with the children as they explored the contents. I did not say anything to them as I wanted the children to take the lead. It was clear, quite quickly, that many children were unfamiliar with otters, as most children asked me what they were. This led to lovely discussions about where they lived and what they ate.
There were some wonderful comments as the children explored including:
‘I’ve found the tooth fairy.’
It’s made of stone.’ (Otter)
‘This is heavy.’ (Otter)
‘These are friends, they are going on holiday.’ (Two fairies)
‘The otter doesn’t like stone, but he can’t get off. He needs to go to the swimming pool.’ (Stone Otter)
‘There are two doors. The 3 little bears live here in the cottage.’ (Cottage)
‘He’s doing calm.’ (Small toad, the child then imitates meditating! My favourite comment!)
‘Once upon a time there was a fairy who was flying. She went to a house, ding, d**g. (pretended to ring the bell). Another child joined in with the role play. ‘Hello, come in!’ (Pretended to feed the fairies some food)
One child only played with the otters, lining them all up around the basket.
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