{"id":106,"date":"2025-06-20T09:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T08:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/earlyyearsplanning\/?page_id=106"},"modified":"2026-02-06T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T10:43:45","slug":"spaces-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/earlyyearsplanning\/resources-3\/spaces-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Set up your resources and spaces carefully ensuring that you have a creative, enabling and inviting environment. You can undertake an audit of how your environment is working using a tool such as the one we have developed here (click on the image to access):<\/p>\n

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Examples of a filled out trial can be found here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The way that you arrange your setting will be very individualised to your individual context. There is a wealth of research around space organisation such as research from Community Playthings<\/a> . There is also research from Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes at the University of Strathclyde around environment design – The Zones Approach<\/a> – which we have developed further training around and this can be delivered on request.<\/p>\n

The way that you set up your resources in the spaces that you have is your “continuous Provision.” See below the rationale of an effective continuous provision (click on the link for an editable word document version)<\/p>\n

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We have also developed some planners for continuous provision, that can be a starting point and adapted for your own individual contexts.<\/p>\n