A well-planned home corner will offer children particularly rich opportunities for imaginative play and role play, but should also provide a 'real' context for exploring ideas across many other aspects of the curriculum.
The area should be designed to mirror, as closely as possible, a home environment that is familiar to the children, reflecting their culture and their personal experience.
RESOURCES
Where space allows, aim to represent more than one room in the home area. In smaller settings, provision may comprise one room with ample opportunities for play - for example, a kitchen with a dining area.
Screen dividers are useful in enclosing a space to create a 'room', and fabric pieces can be used effectively to lower ceilings or to represent curtains.
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