Teaching and classroom support
Morning routine cards
Arrange routine steps in a chosen order and use the Now, Next and Finished areas to make the current and upcoming step visible.
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Early years assistant educator
Kalaivani Ramasamy
I support Nursery groups across different sessions, so I value ideas that can travel with the teaching team while still leaving room for each group’s experience.
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I support Nursery groups across different sessions, so I value ideas that can travel with the teaching team while still leaving room for each group’s experience. A prompt or material may be useful in more than one setting, but the way children respond can differ. I want us to notice those differences rather than treat a shared activity as proof that every group had the same experience.
Observation is especially important in the early years. Small changes in attention, play or mark-making can suggest a useful next opportunity, but they need to be considered in context. I look for practical ways to record what happened and share that information with the room teacher, who can decide how it fits with the wider learning plan.
When I help prepare an activity, I want the materials and questions to be easy to carry between sessions. The structure should support the adults without taking over the interaction with children. A teacher can then adapt the invitation, decide what to revisit and keep the record grounded in what the group actually did.
How I approach a lesson
Use adaptable invitations while observing each group separately.
Share concise notes with the room teacher.
Let the teacher decide how observations shape the wider plan.
Templates I'd use with my class
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