WebsAlbum.title="Creating inviting spaces";
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"Bring Nature into the Book Nook",
"I found and loved this book nook while touring a Reggio inspired centre here in London ON. Thought the educators did a great job creating and inviting space!",
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"Making it Real",
"Inspired by this centre in St. Louis, I love the way the area stage is set to invite role-play in a natural manner!",
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"Centre I designed ",
"Inspired by the photo above this is the way I tranformed one of my former places of employment dramatic centre...the response by children was awesome.",
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"Creating Inviting Spaces",
"I love the way educators in this London ON centre have combined the use of mirrors in varied levels and angles to create this space - the documentation above speaks to great discoveries made here!",
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"Investigation Tables",
"Again this is an area, from my former place of employment, where I used the tables to set out treasures for discovery, mirror was situated so children could see their work from varied angles and bulletin board above housed documentation of previous discoveries made at the tables.",
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"Combining Mediums",
"This light table, from the St. Louis tours, shows inspiring ways to think creatively about use of light and nature.",
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"Magical Spaces..",
"this is one way I made use of window nooks, in a previous centre, to capture children\'s attention to light, shadow and reflection of colour in nature.",
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"Making invitations",
"Here educators from London ON have shown an interest way to make a space inviting and set the stage for social skills.",
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"Exploring mosaics in nature",
"I was inspired by the way educators in this St. Louis school have set the stage for using materials in nature.",
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"Again inspired from educators in St. Louis, the use of photographing childrens work leads to bigger and more detailed creations.",
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"Organized inviting materials",
"Schools in St.Louis demonstrate the role of organization in making materials inviting and easy to use.",
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"The \"Paperclip Loom\"",
"This is a photo of one of my first attempts at thinking outside the open-ended materials box...and the children loved it!",
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"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle",
"Ingenius educators in London ON show how to make use of old milk machine bags as sensory bags for infant and toddlers.",
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"Setting Invitiations",
"This is a magnet tray that  I have used with the children in my previous and have recreated in my current program....children love magnets but remember to closely supervise no matter what the age of the child.",
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"Combining things in the classroom",
"This photo from St, Louis shows how easy it is to gather items from around the room and set the stage for hours of play.",
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"more setting the stage for inquiry",
"Again this photo, I believe from St. Louis as well, really shows how to think creatively",
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WebsAlbum.addEntry(
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"Using mirrors to attract the eye",
"Educators in London ON have transfromed storage shelves to places of discovery through the use of mirrors.",
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"Shadow Exploration",
"This is an area of the room where I had set the stage with plexiglass in front of a mirror covered in paper and tranparent coloured wrap with flashlights and felt puppet cut outs...hours and hours of exploration occured here!",
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WebsAlbum.addEntry(
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"Places of Wonder and Colour",
"A centre in London ON shows how thinking outside of the florescent light fixture box adding colour and magic in the use of this light fixture.",
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"Marble balancing",
"I found this tea caddy at the Value Village and added it to the marble centre...with a gentle loosening of a top screw when the marbles get to heavy they all fall over onto the bottom with a loud clang!",
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WebsAlbum.addEntry(
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"Collections from our Walk",
"Here is a collection of items that children collected on a fall walk through our neighborhood, after examinging them and sorting them by colour we used them to make a big fall collage.",
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"Collecting and Storing Materials",
"Here is an example of ways that I have helped to collect and store open ended materials for use with children",
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"Use of large clear jars allows for inspiration and easy access as the colours speak to you from the shelves!",
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"Here is another example from a school in St. Louis for materials stored at childrens level.",
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