Jane Boyd, Author at 45 Conversations Media & Education Ltd.

Jumping! It’s SO much fun. Did you know that jumping is a fun and great way to get the body active? In fact, it’s just one of many activities that you can do with young children when it comes to active play. In BC, the Child Care Standard of Practice Fact Sheet defines active play as:

Active play is any activity that gets the body moving and increases breathing and heart rate.

So — jumping — is a perfect way to get the body moving! Children love jumping. Unfortunately it’s also something that grown-ups often tell children to stop doing. Yet, there is something truly fun and perfect about jumping. So — find moment and ways to encourage children to jump.

Jump for joy!

Jump for fun!

Jump for health!

Jump for creativity!

Jump for happiness!

Jump for wellbeing!

Jump for challenge!

Jump for curiosity!

Jump for smiles!

Jump for rain!

Jump for active play!

Jump for . . . ?

What are YOU jumping for today?

Looking for resources on jumping and active play?

Check out the following:

Child Care Standard of Practice – Active Play Fact Sheet
Active Play – Simple Games and Activity Ideas
BC Children’s Hospital – Active Play
Physical Activity & Screen Time

What happens when you support preschool children to experiment with audio?

In this instance, preschool children in a preK class were exploring recording their own voices into an audio app on an iPad. Listen to how the preschool age children experiment with making sounds, saying words and eventually even rhyming. They were very interested and excited about this activity and their ability to record just their voices. Audio is an interesting way to document children and it’s often less invasive than video.

This was recorded in one of the preschool classrooms at the rbKids child care program several years ago. At the time, many of the classrooms were working on a project that involved making audio recordings in the classrooms. The rbKids program is a workplace based child care that operates several infant-toddler classrooms as well as a group 30 months to school entry and multi-age child care program. It is based in Burnaby, BC.

Jane Boyd was the main child care consultant who worked with the planning and design team for the project. She also consulted on the initial 5 years of operation of the program.