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The outdoors should complement what is happening indoors, for example: I = Inside O = Outside

I = Inside O = Outside

I Little painting

O Big messy, collaborative painting

I Making models out of food packets and string

O Making models out of huge cardboard boxes and rope

I Reading story books

O Acting out the stories

I Building with Lego

O Building with crates, ropes, boxes and cones

I A hospital area

O An accident and emergency unit, with wheeled toys as ambulances

I A glockenspiel up-ended in the music area showing high notes at the top and low notes at the bottom

O Using voices from high to low going down the slide

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