Nursery World - Nursery Equipment: Role Play

Role play is becoming more flexible, with settings embracing
approaches that create more authentic experiences and respond to
children's interests. Marianne Sargent explains.

Recent years have seen a shift in educational policy towards giving educators more freedom and flexibility, particularly in terms of how early learning experiences are planned and delivered. The Early Years Foundation Stage now places much more emphasis on how children learn rather than what they should learn. It asks that practitioners provide a learning environment that fosters independence, intrinsic motivation and creative thinking.

The role-play area is becoming less static, with a step away from the traditional corner set up to reflect current topics with purpose-made resources that have specific functions. Free-flowing provision between the indoor and outdoor areas provides for better freedom of movement, offering children the opportunity to set up role-play scenarios wherever they want.

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