Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... Wet and dry

Contrasts, and cause and effect, are just some of the concepts within the learning to be found in an investigation of 'wet' and 'dry' by Carole Skinner, Fran Mosley and Sheila Ebbutt.

A theme of 'wet and dry' gives children the opportunity to range across the whole learning environment, exploring, investigating and solving problems during their play. It is the support and guidance that adults offer that turns these experiences and reflections into learning opportunities.

Young children are constantly learning about their world through trying things out, and as their world grows bigger through their many experiences, especially if the experiences make sense to the learner, then a deeper understanding develops.

Children need time and space to discuss their ideas and to plan, explore, solve problems and question. They need opportunities to direct the action and the conversation.

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