{"id":5948,"date":"2018-01-30T13:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T12:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staneprimary\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2018-01-30T13:29:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T12:29:50","slug":"loose-parts-play-what-is-it-and-why-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/nl\/staneprimary\/?p=5948","title":{"rendered":"Loose Parts Play – What is it, and Why do it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of our\u00a0continued improvement work in the nursery, we are planning to develop our outdoor provision to enhance the play experiences we can offer our children.\u00a0 One aspect of this work will be to incorporate more ‘loose parts’ in our outdoor area, which research suggests can help our children to be more imaginative and\u00a0creative.<\/p>\n

What is ‘Loose Parts Play?’<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In play, loose parts in a nursery environment\u00a0can be materials such as stones, pebbles, wooden stumps, gravel, fabric, twigs, wood, plastic pipes, wooden\u00a0pallets, plastic crates, buckets, boxes,\u00a0pots\/pans, tyres, balls, shells…the list is endless!<\/p>\n

These materials can be moved, carried, combined, lined up, taken apart and put back together again in lots of different ways.\u00a0 There are no instructions for the play (apart from how to use the materials safely), leaving the children to lead their own learning.<\/p>\n