Displays and Documentation
DISPLAYS AND DOCUMENTATION
Displays are an important, eye-catching part of our program, but it is NOT
about changing children’s work to look like something and be all the
same.
Displays and documentation should show a process of learning, there
isn’t always a finished product, and it is important to share the children’s
learning and engagement in an experience and make it visual to the
children, parents, and visitors in the classroom. This enables the children
to re-visit their experience and continue their learning and creates a
sense of value.
Rules of displays:
- Pictures should be backed onto a piece of paper to create a border; this provides a more professional look.
- Include photographs of the children in their process of learning, the words the children are using and expressing whilst engaged in their play/learning experience. (This helps develop a child’s sense of belonging and image of the child within in the classroom.)
- Displays should be changed minimum biweekly to provide parents time to visit and capture an experience of their children’s leaning. Also, displaying these photos/learning stories provides the child a chance to observe, reflect and maybe even guide them to revisit and continue their learning of previous experiences.
- Reggio inspired, natural materials, “white space” Be creative in the way you display work, look at the spaces in your room and use the ceiling. For example: you could hang work, photos from a bicycle wheel, a piece of branch, create a bamboo frame.
PROVIDE A SENSE OF VALUE TO ALL TO ALL THE CHILDREN IN YOUR PROGRAM! BE CREATIVE
WITH YOUR LEARNING STORIES!!
Here are some examples of ways to document, please share the stories with families and the children.
