Nursery World - Be inspired (2)

Use our guidelines for the most effective and versatile science resources to stock in your setting The resources offered to children will greatly affect the nature and quality of their scientific learning. Practitioners need to ensure, therefore, that the resources they offer inspire children's curiosity and provide a broad range of scientific experiences.

The resources offered to children will greatly affect the nature and quality of their scientific learning. Practitioners need to ensure, therefore, that the resources they offer inspire children's curiosity and provide a broad range of scientific experiences.

Interactivedisplays

Displays that engage children physically and intellectually can be very powerful in supporting scientific learning. They can:

* inspire curiosity and motivate children to find out or solve problems.

* provide children with opportunities to revisit ideas and with additional experiences that extend or consolidate their learning.

* serve as a central resource bank so that children know where they can independently access the tools they need to carry out investigations in other areas of the setting. In this sort of display, children may initially need support in using the equipment appropriately and reminding to return tools to the correct place after use.) Examples

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