Through careful observation and by working together, the practitioners in nursery always endeavour to meet the children’s developmental needs and follow their interests where possible.
Recently the adults enriched the block play and loose parts area with some simple signs and wheelbarrows. Many of the children were interested in the environmental print and used the signs along with our mobile fences to cordon off areas of the ‘building site’ and alert others to potential hazards. They also highlighted the importance of wearing PPE such as hard hats.
A visitor who works in construction came to tell us more about these kinds of things and answer some of our questions.
Some of us then went on to draw, measure up and plan for a new extension we’d like to build.
