Why have plastic fruit when children can play with real apples? Last year, nursery manager of three-branch Court Moor Playgroups in Hampshire, Wendy Hamley (pictured), decided to bring in more natural and authentic resources.
She was inspired to do this by training delivered by Jigsaw Early Years Consultancy. During a Curiosity Ignites Learning course, which taught how to encourage children’s curiosity through teaching, Jigsaw director Vanessa Dooley brought suitcases - called curiosity cases - of teaching materials for childcare professionals to explore.
Having previously studied theories of ‘loose parts’, which encourages children to play with materials in multiple ways, Ms Hamley decided to work with Ms Dooley to encourage her staff to be more creative.
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