* Giving sufficient time for children to explore, develop ideas and finish working at their ideas (p116)
* Valuing children's own ideas and not expecting them to reproduce someone else's picture, dance, model or recipe (p118)
Early learning goals
* Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two or three dimensions (p120)
* Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative and role play and stories (p124)
* Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel (p126)
Stepping stones
* Choose particular colours to use for a purpose (p120)
* Engage in imaginative and role play based on first-hand experiences (p124)
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