Enabling environments enhanced provision: Let's explore ... Trucksand diggers

Nursery World, 11 October 2007

See how some of children's favourite playthings can build the foundations for further learning when you provide the best resources in each area of provision in your setting, with suggestions from Helen Bromley.

There cannot be many adults who have not been intrigued by young children's fascination for trucks and diggers. What is it about these machines that captivates young children, many of whom become walking encyclopaedias on the subject? Perhaps it is their sheer size, or the unusual ways in which they move, or even their capacity to perform a multitude of complex tasks with apparent ease. Maybe it...

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