We recently constructed a light table room for our kinders. We had noticed through reflective documentation that this was an item that was rarely being visited in our kinder class. We really thought about how we could create a provocation that not only honoured the concepet of the light table, but was intrinsically irresistible to our students. We thought about several scenarios and locations. We were cognizant of such things as traffic flow, sunlight and size. After some serious brainstorming, we finally decided that we needed to move our reading corner to accommodate our new light table room. We put up curtains so we had 4 walls, moved in some shelves to house our loose parts and then brought in the light table. After thinking about it some more, we realized that this location would also be an excellent "safe place" for a child who needed some time to themselves, so we brought in our safe spot chair and books too.
This whole process really makes me think about the value of reflective documentation. If we (myself and Becky) had not taken the time to talk about our environment and look through our documentation we would have no idea that this valuabe part of our environment was being neglected.
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