Enhancements can be added to continuous provision to encourage children to deepen their understanding of new or familiar celebrations. When children act out aspects of these celebrations, it can create opportunities for collaborative play as well as communication and language development as they learn new vocabulary and discuss the celebrations together.
Learning about celebrations from different countries and cultures can also enable children to begin to understand our culturally diverse world, while also making links to their own experiences.
MORE THAN A CAKE
Observations of the children in our role-play area showed that they enjoyed singing ‘Happy Birthday’ and pretending that they had a birthday cake. Some birthday-themed enhancements were added, and we moved a longer table in to create a birthday party feel. The enhancements included a cake tin with playdough, candles, party plates, hats, badges, wrapping paper and invitations. The children also created their own decorations.
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