Nursery World - Enabling Environments: Let's explore... the sky

With so many different aspects to explore, the sky is an excellent
focus for imaginative play and learning, says Marianne Sargent.

Anyone who has led a group of children across an outdoor space will be familiar with the need to remind them to look where they are going. Young children spend a great deal of time with their eyes raised to the sky, tracking aeroplanes and tracing birds as they dart in and out of view. The following activities give children the perfect excuse to gaze up at the blue and stretch their imaginations.

UP IN THE CLOUDS

Read Cloudland by John Burningham. It is about a little boy who slips and falls off a cliff into the clouds. He joins the Cloud Children as they jump through the clouds, swim in the rain and walk on aircraft trails. Use the story as inspiration for an imaginative adventure in the clouds.

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