Nursery World - Nursery Equipment: Flexibility

Open-ended resources allow children to explore their imaginations. Marianne Sargent gives the lowdown on some flexible resources

Part of our remit as early years practitioners is to supply children with interesting resources within an appealing environment that will foster creativity and imaginative play.

Manufacturers and educational suppliers are responding to the demands of the EYFS by producing an ever-increasing range of flexible, open-ended resources that can accompany children wherever their imaginations take them.

Below is a selection of some resources that fit the bill.

IMAGINATIVE PLAY

Every early years setting will have the usual small-world sets such as the pirate ship and farmyard and role-play boxes packed with scene-setting equipment to create houses and shops.

Given the opportunity, children will spend a great deal of time engaged in imaginative play scenarios. However, their storylines are often far from conventional and their scenes are constructed from more than what is in the provided kit.

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