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Children Play Residue | At The Light Table In My Home Daycare

March 10, 2023 By Lil' Bebe Academy Leave a Comment

Hello my fellow home educators, today I stumbled on remnants of the children’s play at the light table. I have learned this is called play residue (one of my valued followers uses that word) 🙂

The children have been actively playing at the light table.  Last week, I added some magnetic chips, film, a large magnet, and flowers.  Today, I discovered the children added metal buckets, and they transported the magnetic people from the side wall.

Our light table has an unbreakable ECR mirror hanging on the wall.  I removed the base of the mirror and added it horizontally during our makeover some years ago.

Our light table was a gift from my parents (my clients) some years ago.  One year, I mentioned to them that we would love a light table.  Like a great way to beg yeah (wish list) and all the parents contributed to the cause.  I strongly encourage you to let your parents be your biggest support – however, they won’t know what you want unless you communicate with them.

I love to add (vintage) film pieces to the light table.  These are old pictures of my family life in Jamaica.  I am very sentimental and love adding my culture and personality throughout my home daycare. Our environment should have personality and charm even with the little things we add.

These magnetic people, I bought these from  Amazon some years ago.  The metal containers are your regular tuna or bean tins that are opened without sharp edges, washed, and recycled.

Today,  I just wanted to share with you the children’s play at the light table in my home daycare.

Until next time xoxo – Miss Sue

Filed Under: Activities, Creative Learning, Daycare Operations Tagged With: daycare, environment, light table, loose parts, magnets, process, stem play

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