1 How does your questioning focus and extend children's thinking and learning? Have you discussed the key vocabulary related to this area of learning, for example, names of equipment and techniques and comparative language?
2 Are children encouraged to look at and talk about design around them? Are they given opportunities to dismantle as well as to construct?
3 How can you raise parents' awareness of the importance of learning in this area?
4 Have you looked at designs in a range of cultures - for example, the use of chopsticks and knives and forks? Why, when the general purpose is the same (to aid eating), does the design of the utensils vary so much?
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