TASC
I want the children to engage in some problem solving based on fairy tales. While searching, I found a lot mentioned about the TASC system, a method for solving a problem which encourages children's creativity, thinking skills and methodical learning.
The Early Years Foundation Stage Forum has this diagram explaining TASC:
I loved the idea of this and wanted to develop a sheet using TASC that the children could take notes on so created my own version.
Download my problem solving sheet here. (Colour, black and white, black and white with spaces for children to record in)
Some fairytale problem solving ideas:
- How can the three little pigs/three bears keep their home safe?
- How can the billy goats gruff get over the bridge?
- How can Cinderella keep her shoe on her foot?
Wonder Wall
Our topic this term is fairy tales and the children have already shown HUGE amounts of interest in castles. In the creative area, they've been making flags for our small world castle (a fairy tale castle cake stand from a pound shop! Picture to follow...) as well as requesting a castle role play area.
To take advantage of this interest, I'm creating a Wonder Wall (Picture to follow) in my classroom where the children can research castles and castle life, ask and answer questions and compare and contrast different castles.
To encourage the children to ask and answer questions I'm using a question hand from Communication4All and a differentiated version containing higher level questions words such as: Is...? Does...? Can...? Could...? Would...? Should...?
I've linked this to the History Curriculum both old and new.
Old NC reference: History 2b, 4a, 4b, 5 and 6b. 2014 reference: ask and answer questions, choosing and using parts of stories and other sources to show that they know and understand key features of events.I'll let you know how this all goes next week!
Inspire, Imagine, Learn
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