Summary Of The Magic In Boxes By Chrissy Byers

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Technology and enterprise consists of two distinct areas of learning; design and technologies and digital technologies. These two areas of learning are important in early years learning as society is evolving into a technological world and it is important for the younger generation to have the knowledge and skills to respond to design and digital challenges. (School Curriculum & Assessment Authority, 2014). This is supported by the National Science Teachers Association as they indicate the importance of the inquiry and design process in a child’s cognitive development in future years (Kermani & Aldemir, 2015). Technology and enterprise education in early years learning provides a strong platform to emerging abilities as problem solving, understanding …show more content…

It develops to include the discovery of potential uses during the creation of products (SCSA, 2014). This is linked to EYLF outcome four of children being involved learners as children are problem solving, using an inquiry method and provoking their imagination to provide a solution to an interactive activity (DEEWR, 2009).
The children’s book ‘The Magic in Boxes’ by Chrissy Byers is a text about two young children that use their imagination to create objects from boxes (Byers, 2015). This book is a suitable choice for a pre-primary level (ages 4-5) through its literacy elements as simple text and rhyme and it is also relatable to the children through the characters being children themselves. The text has various connections to the Western Australian SCSA curriculum for the year level as well as the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF). For example, the text provides opportunities for children to explore designs and solutions within technologies and society and materials and technologies specialisation (SCSA, 2014). The children are also given the opportunity to explore and determined the needs for design of products and how that impacts on daily lives. For example ‘The Magic in Boxes’ gives children the problem of how boxes are used and what can they can be repurposed for. In regards to the EYLF, this text allows children to design, research, edit and compose which meets outcome five (Ficken,

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