Nursery World - Curiouser & curiouser

Children's innate and all-important sense of curiosity about the world around them can be fostered by adults who provide them with questions and learning opportunities Curiosity, or an eager desire to know, is the key to the joy of learning.

Curiosity, or an eager desire to know, is the key to the joy of learning.

Curious children want to investigate and to explore - attitudes that bring benefits to children's learning across the Foundation Stage curriculum.

Children's curiosity about the world around them is evident from the day they are born. Babies quickly use all their senses to explore themselves and their surroundings in their efforts to make sense of the world. Long before they can talk they are clearly investigating, asking questions, solving problems and making choices as they play, eat and interact with others around them.

Early years practitioners have a responsibility to support and reinforce this innate curiosity to give children the confidence to develop their own theories about the world and how it works.

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