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EARLY EXPERIENCES To plan effective D&T activities, practitioners need first to acknowledge the experiences that children bring with them to the early years setting, their stage of development and their rapid development in a period when most children demonstrate a capacity for learning at a speed which may never be reached again.

To plan effective D&T activities, practitioners need first to acknowledge the experiences that children bring with them to the early years setting, their stage of development and their rapid development in a period when most children demonstrate a capacity for learning at a speed which may never be reached again.

Young children may appear to be inexperienced learners, but they have a wealth of experience of which adults are unaware. We are living in a time of rapid technological change and we may see evidence of children's range of skills, knowledge and understanding in design and technology in their role play.

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