Each day in nursery we spend time exploring our outdoor environment.  In our garden we offer a range of loose parts for our children to explore and utilise in any way they wish. Loose parts are items that can be moved, created, changed, carried, redesigned, taken apart, lined up and put back together again. Loose parts can be tyres, pallets, wood, tubes and guttering to name a few.
Loose parts encourage problem solving skills and abstract thinking, the children are learning to work individually and in groups. They are learning to experiment and discover new ways of doing things.  A pallet is not just a pallet or a tyre is not just a tyre. They are the beginnings of creations such as a boat, a Macdonald’s Drive Thru, and a huge house in the sky to name a few. We love outdoor learning.