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Your immediate environment has a wealth of opportunities for learning from direct experience. Sue Sheppy takes a closer look The children in your setting will be familiar with many of the buildings and scenes in their local environment, but will often be hurried through the streets on their way to nursery or the shops by busy parents and carers. They may see all sorts of places: the park, the library, the shops, health and leisure centres, the mosque, church or temple, the fire and police station, fields, schools, cinemas, farms or factories, but perhaps through a car window. A project about 'My neighbourhood' provides an opportunity for children to explore their local environment: to see the buildings in a new way, to have time to ask questions about things that have puzzled them, to find out who works in these buildings, who cleans them and who mends the swings and plants the flowers in the park.

The children in your setting will be familiar with many of the buildings and scenes in their local environment, but will often be hurried through the streets on their way to nursery or the shops by busy parents and carers. They may see all sorts of places: the park, the library, the shops, health and leisure centres, the mosque, church or temple, the fire and police station, fields, schools, cinemas, farms or factories, but perhaps through a car window. A project about 'My neighbourhood' provides an opportunity for children to explore their local environment: to see the buildings in a new way, to have time to ask questions about things that have puzzled them, to find out who works in these buildings, who cleans them and who mends the swings and plants the flowers in the park.

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