ABSTRACT
A provocation can come in many different forms, but it is always intended to provoke thoughts, ideas and actions that can help to expand on a thought, idea or an interest. In the Reggio approach provocations are set up with open-ended materials with the concept of the child finding their own answers rather than being told them. In a different family group one child had explained that their mum's car had stopped working over the weekend. This prompted their next family time session to be outside in the school car park looking under the bonnet of the caretaker's car which then sparked a thread of child-led learning about what makes things go. Sometimes the interests of another family group might also interest particular children.
