Resources for two-year-olds must be robust, which is another way of saying they must be able to withstand a battering. Children at this age love opening and closing, pushing and pulling, pouring and dropping, and banging and crashing. Repetition is key to learning and everything on offer will be subject to experimentation.
Equipment that is used on a daily basis, and used in a variety of ways, needs to be flexible, durable and safe. It also needs to be easy to clean and dry, as two-year-olds are still using their mouths as a means of exploring.
While nurseries once tended to prioritise providing multiples of identical objects to avoid competition among children for particular things, the emphasis is now on equipping with more variety. Demand is increasing for imaginative resources for twos that are fit for purpose and good value for money.
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