Designing and making is one of the most fun areas of the curriculum to provide for. Children often need no encouragement to make objects, put together materials and use new tools. They also enjoy opportunities to get cooking, and of course tasting!
As a curriculum area it can give children endless learning opportunities.
Gill Hesletine, a Foundation Stage teacher in Bexhill, explains, 'In my classroom, I find that children gain huge amounts of confidence and independence from exploring and using the materials we put out for them.
They are also using fine motor skills and so are getting their hands ready for writing.'
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