Trolley Fun!

The rubbish truck is on its way!

The ideas that children, and in particular our boys undertake show how they like challenging themselves.   They love the large equipment and the rubbish bins were perfect as they initiately pulled the trolley to give Mason a ride around and when he decded to get off James climbed aboard holding the trolley handle that meant that the trolley needed to be pushed from behind.   Demain reacted staight away and the look on James'  face was full of excitement as he gripped the handle tightly and steered the trolley around the track.  Mason was just as excited when he spotted James's idea and began to climb back on the rubbish bins while James was already installed.

Mason was a little upset. He wanted his turn back again!  Standing back and allowing the trolley to do a round trip he joined Demain at the back to push together where they decided one was the brake and the other the accelerator.  And that is the beginning of another chapter!

The boys were working interdependently that made the play a success.  But significantly, when they are working together there are moments when things don't quite go to plan. The experience gives opportunity to try out different strategies to figure out what to do. Mason sitting to watch the trolley go round gave him time to decide he wanted to keep playing with James and Demian and grasped the back of the trolley to help push.    

We often see boys learn by doing as they often like to work things through before making sense of things.    Ka pai mo to mahi nga tama!  Great work boys!