Read the scenario and answer the questions.

In the preschool room at Springwater LDC the children are engaging in indoor/outdoor play. There are various play experiences set up in both areas and children can move freely around the areas at will. Indoors, there are experiences such as a reading corner with cushions, creative arts table with wool, glue, fabric, scissors, tape, paper, pencils and an easel nearby, dramatic play corner with a mirror and a selection of dress-ups, large block/construction area with a variety of different sized blocks, pipes and wooden off cuts, a cupboard of puzzles and games.

Some of the outdoor experiences include a sand and water area with lots of donated kitchen pots, pans and cooking utensils, large motor climbing space, a table with paints and small table easels, natural creek bed, grass area with hoops and balls, a chicken coop, vegetable garden and large tree with a blanket and cushions.

• Max (aged 4) is busy outside at the table with the easels. He is arranging a selection of leaves he found in the garden and is painting them.
• Ainslie (aged 3.9) who is often reluctant to try painting/creative arts experiences, is standing nearby watching him with interest.
• Felix (aged 4.2) draws with pencils pressing only lightly and barely making an impression on the page and does not stay long at the experience.
• Joseph (aged 4.2), Lily (aged 4.5) and Marlow (aged 4.7) are stacking up the pebbles and rocks in the creek bed and arranging the animal figures.
• Pedro (aged 3.8), Ellie (aged 3.6, Francis (aged 3.10) and Brooke (aged 4.2) are standing around the vegetable garden and call out to Marcie (educator) that the carrots have grown and ask if they can pull them up to eat with lunch.
• Inside, Claire (aged 4.5) and Cassie (aged 4.7) are wearing the dress-ups and performing a show for Tristian (aged 4.5) and Taylah (aged 5.1).
• Tye (aged 4.9), Vivian (aged 4.1) and Rashid (aged 5) are extending on their building from the previous day which is a complex structure from the blocks, natural wood off cuts and some recycled food boxes, with Jessie (educator).
• Tim (aged 3.5) is curled up on the lounge.

a)Explain how you could initiate play with Max and follow his lead based on his play preference.

b)Explain one strategy you might use to support Felix with his needs in relation to hand strength and motor co-ordination.

c) Outline how you could engage Joseph, Lily and Marlow in a discussion to extend on their play and development.

d) Provide an example of how you could extend on Pedro, Ellie, Francis and Brooke's interest in the vegetable garden and what resources you would need.

e)Outline how you could encourage Ainslie to attempt the painting experience.

f)Describe how you would demonstrate respect for Tim's choice not to participate in experiences at this time.

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a To initiate play with Max and follow his lead I would approach him show genuine interest in his leaf painting and ask openended questions like I see ... View the full answer