Nursery World - Art works

Children can give their creative impulses free rein if early years practitioners have carefully planned their provision of resources and activities, says Jane Drake in our Foundation Stage series Long-term planning

Long-term planning

Planning for children's learning in areas of provision requires careful thought if children are to be offered a range of high-quality experiences on a permanent basis. All staff members should be aware of how to support children's learning in each area and plans should cover this role.

Possible learning experiences

The creative workshop offers rich opportunities for cross-curricular learning, for example:

* Working collaboratively

* Talking about ideas and plans

* Learning about shape

* Using tools with increasing control

However, the key areas of learning to be developed in this area are probably knowledge and understanding of the world (designing and making) and creative development (exploring media and materials, imagination and responding to experiences, expressing and communicating ideas).

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