Curation is a term used in museums and galleries to describe the process of organising objects within an exhibition. Artefacts, paintings, textiles and rooms are arranged to inspire visitors to the exhibition to learn something new.
Just as in a gallery, an enabling environment should optimise the development and learning potential of each child, through opportunities for movement and action, creativity and imagination, collaboration and independence (Birth to Five Matters 2020). With intelligent materials, curation means we are thinking intentionally about both how the children might participate and what the materials might do (their affordances), but without being too rigid or instructional.
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