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Early years practitioners can help children find their place in the world by planning interesting ways to get out and explore the immediate environment they live in When we consider using the environment with young children, we often focus on the natural world and neglect the wealth of opportunities presented by the built environment. We all encounter the built environment on a day-to-day basis wherever we live, be it a village, a town or a city. A large town or city may spring to mind when we are thinking about the built environment, but we can find many of the same features in even the smallest hamlet or rural locality. The built environment all around us is a fantastic free resource for early years practitioners to use with young children to enrich their first-hand experiences of the world around them.

When we consider using the environment with young children, we often focus on the natural world and neglect the wealth of opportunities presented by the built environment. We all encounter the built environment on a day-to-day basis wherever we live, be it a village, a town or a city. A large town or city may spring to mind when we are thinking about the built environment, but we can find many of the same features in even the smallest hamlet or rural locality. The built environment all around us is a fantastic free resource for early years practitioners to use with young children to enrich their first-hand experiences of the world around them.

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