Nursery World - Spotlight on…Theresa Brown

Nursery leader at Serendipitys Day Nursery in Grantham

HOW DID YOU START MAKING YOUR OWN TOYS FOR CHILDREN AT THE NURSERY?

I started making resources because I could see a use for empty packages rather than throwing them away. I made holes in the lids of empty coffee containers and allowed children to use dolly pegs to explore simple posting. You can also use empty baby formula milk tins with slits in the lids, or the plastic lids from milk cartons. This was all designed to support fine motor skills and develop hand-eye co-ordination. I also designed a set of multicoloured mats which children could colour match different resources with, such as bobbins, blocks and buttons. I just get my ideas from things I may have seen, and then I adapt them. They are what I call my lightbulb moments.

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