Nursery World - Make a splash (6)

Go outdoors for activities making the most of all weather conditions, with the first part of a project by Jane Drake This project enables children to learn across the curriculum through exciting explorations with water. It offers particularly rich opportunities for learning in the area of 'knowledge and understanding of the world'

This project enables children to learn across the curriculum through exciting explorations with water. It offers particularly rich opportunities for learning in the area of 'knowledge and understanding of the world'

(exploration and investigation) by encouraging children to find out for themselves what happens when wet things dry and dry things become wet.

There is a focus on outdoor learning, although many of the activities could be available in both the indoor and the outdoor areas.

Approach

Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (page 11) emphasises the importance of providing children with a balance of adult-led and child-initiated learning. This project therefore:

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