All around us in the outside world is a wonderful resource which, when used imaginatively, will engage children's interest and support many different aspects of their learning and development.
Spending time exploring the earth beneath our feet - the soil, stones, plant material and small creatures found there - will build children's awareness of the natural world, provide a range of interesting sensory experiences and offer vast opportunities for open-ended exploration and investigation. By encouraging children to explore the structure of the earth, you will be sparking the interest of the civil engineers, surveyors, architects, mining engineers, geologists, ecologists, and archaeologists of the future.
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