Once, in an interview for a Reception teaching post, I was asked which area of nursery provision I would choose to keep if I could have only one. My immediate response was the role-play area, because I felt that it was potentially the most flexible, dynamic and limitless – every aspect of learning and development can be supported within this natural and authentic context.
Role play incorporates domestic, ‘everyday’ and fantasy scenarios, and as one of the most potent expressions of learning, it enables children to:
PRIME AREA
The importance of Communication and Language is recognised within the EYFS statutory framework as a Prime area, and is separate from the Specific area of Literacy.
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