Nurseries are increasingly following theories that children are better off playing with natural resources than plastic toys. In the Midlands, two nursery directors are leading such change under the banner of The Curiosity Approach. All 25 Kloisters Kindergarten in Rochester staff attended a The Curiosity Approach conference in October.
Co-founders Lyndsey Hellyn and Stephanie Bennett began by explaining early years settings should be like another home environment. Children find authentic resources, such as a teapot, more interesting than smaller, plastic replicas, they said.
‘It’s the bits and pieces we don’t usually let children play with that they want to play with,’ says senior supervisor and room leader April Jones, who attended the training. ‘They want to be like us – they like to put our shoes on and play with saucepans.’
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