{"id":172,"date":"2018-12-12T19:22:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T19:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/wellparkchildrenscentre\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2025-10-29T23:04:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T23:04:51","slug":"promoting-curiosity-inquiry-and-creativity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/wellparkchildrenscentre\/promoting-curiosity-inquiry-and-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting curiosity, Inquiry and Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:6733,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/wellparkchildrenscentre\/promoting-curiosity-inquiry-and-creativity\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-172 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"a1493f6c-e57a-4574-a849-a877389cacea\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/wellparkchildrenscentre\/uploads\/sites\/6733\/2025\/10\/29230131\/a1493f6c-e57a-4574-a849-a877389cacea-300x225.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/public\/wellparkchildrenscentre\/uploads\/sites\/6733\/2025\/10\/29230131\/a1493f6c-e57a-4574-a849-a877389cacea-1024x768.jpeg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">To promote curiosity and enquiry within the Caterpillar room we provide the following experiences<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Experiences which:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Help the toddler to see how things work, how objects can be moved and transported around; how similar things can be grouped together; how things balance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Give the toddler time and space to be involved in their own schematic play and adults who support this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Provide resources that toddlers enjoy, such as bags, boxes and containers to put smaller items in, to move, empty out, and scatter about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Give opportunities to mix and combine messy materials.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Provide appropriate resources for the toddler to make clear marks with the correct tools and equipment, paint and appropriate sizes of brush; and a selection of paper which is neatly arranged and used appropriately with care and attention which value the child\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Give the toddler experience of everyday activities, splashing in puddles, being blown by the wind, digging holes, making collections of stones or natural objects or items that a child may feel are special.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To promote curiosity and enquiry within the Caterpillar room we provide the following experiences Experiences which: Help the toddler to see how things work, how objects can be moved and transported around; how similar things can be grouped together; how things balance. 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