Technology across the learning environment - possible resources
Sharing children’s learning
through technology
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Use a laptop with a slide show
of children’s creations.
Children to be involved in
making, taking the creations
and then displaying them
Use a digital photo frame
Sand
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Big bricks/Role play
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Put out a clipboard/pens
Put out a variety of different
sized bricks and boxes
Have large bricks
Have table top construction for
children to use.
Have step by step instructions
to follow as appropriate
Let children cross over areas
using models they have made in
the junk modelling in the
bricks/role play.
Have a system where children
are able to sort bricks
correctly when putting them
Away.
Technology
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Stories
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Listening centre – children to
learn on/off/forward/back
buttons. Story phones
Books with interactive buttons
Record children re-telling
stories/acting out stories using
props.
Electronic books – Apps and
software e.g. 2create a story –
book creator
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White paper
Different shaped and coloured
paper
Thick and thin pens
Different kinds of paper,
squared, lined, plain
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Recycling/compost
Digital scales
Microwave
Electronic mixers/whisks
Children taste different foods
Children prepare different
foods
Children choose foods for
snack
Children choose ingredientsdesign and make
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Make own musical
instruments out of junk
modelling
Musical keyboards
Dance mats
Microphones
Electric guitars
CD player
Tape recorder
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Hoover
Telephones/mobile
phones/answer machine
.keyboard/laptop
Digital photos/scales
Re-cycling boxes
Defunct microwave
Torch under sink
Kettle/toaster
Outside
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Construction – different
sized bricks and blocks
Natural resources.
Add clipboards
Go on a walk to find
items to add to the art
table
Re-using water – for
watering plants
Using finished water at the
end of the day to wash milk
cartons etc for recycling
Saving water - posters
Art/Craft/Paints
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A range of art materials for
children to choose from and
create, using their
imagination.
Thick and thin paint brushes
Junk model – different
shapes and sizes.
Junk models – different
materials
Thick and thin paint brushes
A variety of tools
Different materials
available
Natural resources available
Play dough
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House Corner
Snack/Baking
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Have a system where
children put up their names
when using the computer
Software with
literacy/numeracy
activities on it
Paint package eg clicker
paint and other art
programmes
Look up information using
search engines
Use computer for specific
purposes, printing, labels,
writing a message etc
Camera available for
children to use
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Music
Writing/Drawing Table
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Moulds
Sand castles
Different resources for
children to add to their
creation – e.g. shells, flags,
feathers
Water
Add resources ie, pipe
cleaners, pasta, beads,
buttons, stones for children
to make models
Cutters in different sizes
Ask children to create
models, photograph them as
an example for others
Have role play for cooking,
defunct microwave, moulds,
whisks etc
Maths area
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Objects which children can
sort and match.
Floor robots are used to
support the development of
positional language.
Different bricks, with
different shapes
E – safety Talking
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Talk about what technology
is used at home/nursery
Can name parts of computer
Talk about the amount of
time spent using a
computer/tablet/game
device.
Talk about when children
should tell an adult when
something worrying
happens while I am using
the Internet,
I am careful with
technological devices