This month our creative focus is going to be Loose Parts Play. Loose parts play is important in a child’s creative development as it encourages imagination, social skills and co-operative play and vital communication skills. It is a great way to get chatting about what you could make out of your resources and how different things can work together to create your masterpiece!

Loose parts can be small bits and bobs found around the house or in the garden; like buttons, pebbles, pipe cleaners, feathers, egg cartons and yoghurt tubs, toilet roll tubes, leaves and sticks or bigger resources that are ideal for outdoors; such as tyres, pallets, logs and crates.

There is no right or wrong way to be creative using loose parts, you could gather a few different resources either randomly or round a theme of your choice (like shells, sticks and netting to be like a beach!) and create sculptures or artwork on the floor or table, garden or park! It can be as big or small as you like and the possibilities are endless in what you can create!

As always, we’d love to see pictures if you create something using loose parts in your home or outdoors. Share them on our Facebook page or your child’s e-portfolio if they have one.

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