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Build on children's fascination with filling and emptying containers with plenty of resources and appropriate questions, in activities suggested by Jane Drake Children will naturally be showing an interest in and developing an understanding of the concepts of 'full' and 'empty' as they play in the nursery. Daily or weekly routines will also include many appropriate moments for talking about these ideas - for example, at snack and meal times, when tidying away equipment into baskets and during baking sessions.

Children will naturally be showing an interest in and developing an understanding of the concepts of 'full' and 'empty' as they play in the nursery. Daily or weekly routines will also include many appropriate moments for talking about these ideas - for example, at snack and meal times, when tidying away equipment into baskets and during baking sessions.

Basic areas such as sand and water are particularly rich in opportunities for exploring ideas related to capacity, but the enhancements to basic provision suggested below may offer children additional opportunities to extend their play and learning in this phase of mathematical development.

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