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Encourage children to identify patterns, and then to use various resources to make their own, in the second part of a project by Judith Stevens Patterns are everywhere, and you can develop your project by looking at patterns in such diverse areas as those in nature, in movement and in fabrics.

Patterns are everywhere, and you can develop your project by looking at patterns in such diverse areas as those in nature, in movement and in fabrics.

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

* identifies adult-led activities, to develop children's understanding of the topic through stimulating, meaningful experiences which offer challenge

* suggests ways to enhance areas of core provision, to consolidate children's learning about the theme. It is the practitioners' role to make observations of children's learning daily to inform individual children's profiles and future planning. Children should be encouraged to use the resources to support their own learning. This means that the possible learning outcomes will be wide-ranging and varied for each child.

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