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Follow the example of staff at Roscoe Day Nursery in Leeds and set up an outdoor interactive display area that will support children's investigations and explorations in the natural world. Planned learning intentions

Planned learning intentions

To look closely at, and find out about, features of living things and events they observe in the outdoors

To begin to record some observations by making representational marks and drawings on paper

Resources

Story and information books about the outdoors (minibeasts, trees, seasons, birds) 3photographs, poems and posters (laminated) 3Perspex photograph stands 3two plastic 'carry boxes' containing clip boards, paper, pens, pencils, crayons, magnifying glasses, binoculars, 'bug boxes', collection tubs and display trays

Step by step

* Gather the resources and organise them into an easily portable container such as a large plastic storage box. Store this in an accessible place so the display can easily be constructed daily.

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