That little thing called "Learning Story"
It is that time of the term, when I count down
the days till I receive the portfolio for my little girl… I cannot wait to
collect it from her teacher and to bring it home to my daughter and husband,
where we sit down together on the couch and read it from start to finish,
including all of the stories from when she was just a little baby in the
Nursery baby room! - our gorgeous little girl's personal journey right through
the years, to the most recent and newest learning stories.
It really is a personal challenge for
me when walking from the Nursery out to the car and not to take
a sneak peek as I hold the portfolio in my hands or when I arrive home
and to wait until 6pm when we are all ready to read it together as our little
family!
This has me thinking…
“Are our parents at Yellow Brick Road and Crystal Valley Nursery aware of how much of our collective-heart we put into preparing these
personal and individualized learning stories and portfolios?”
I remember the excitement and anticipation for
me as a teacher at the Nursery on the day I was ready to hand each
Learning Story out to my children's parents at the end of the term and I can
promise you this, the sense of pride I then took in preparing these precious
books for your children, is still equaled today by the teachers and assistant
teachers at Yellow Brick Road and Crystal Valley Nurseries as each staff person
prepares to present you with your child’s portfolio.
As I’m sure you are aware by now, each Learning
Story is a powerful reflection of your child’s individual and unique
experiences in Nursery, reflecting their strongest areas of development and
their childhood interests. These precious early years are by in such a
'flash' and while it seems like we’ll be able to hold onto each memory, we do inadvertently forget
and to receive a collection of some of your children's
precious moments of their everyday life, their everyday growth and
development for the future is indeed priceless!
Learning Stories are a celebration!!
Learning
stories highlight a piece of learning, a strength or an interest in your
child’s day that we would like to celebrate with you as the parents and your
child. Within
a Learning Story we celebrate the learning by linking it to our curriculum and
sharing with you how we would like to further extend this learning opportunity
through our daily planning. We also look forward to reading your stories from home, which celebrate our 'Partnership' between parents and Nursery.
We hope you cherish these lovely collections as
much as we do. These little things called Learning Stories carefully
collected throughout your child’s Nursery days, will come together to become an
invaluable and beautiful array of everything that makes your child so unique
and special… Enjoy and happy reading over the holiday break.
Thanks so much,
Yellow Brick Road Nursery
Crystal Valley Nursery
Crystal Valley Nursery
#bernadetteking-turner
2 comments:
Thank you for sharing this Sharon. I received Skye's portfolio today and loved reading through her Learning Stories and looking at the lovely photos. As always her portfolio will be travelling back to the UK with us this Christmas for her Grandparents to see. Thank you to the ladies for capturing these precious moments on camera and for recording our children's development. I will cherish this portfolio for years to come and I know how much work goes into each one. Keep up the good work!
Sharon , this is such a wonderful read. It almost reflects every feeling of mine when I prepare my set of learning stories to be gifted to the children in class. The excitement it creates within you as a teacher and the pride with which I share it with my parents, its the joy of writing with love.I was introduced to Learning Stories at my first assignment with Emerald City Nursery and I am happy to have learnt a new skill of documenting those magical learning journeys of children along with photographic evidence. :)
Reema Sanjay .
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