Nursery World - Ten key points

Use these ten questions as starting points for discussion at a staff meeting or with parents and carers: 1 Do you have construction equipment made from natural materials, such as wood? Sensory exploration of textures, shapes and sizes is important.

1 Do you have construction equipment made from natural materials, such as wood? Sensory exploration of textures, shapes and sizes is important.

2 Do you have an area for your blocks and bricks? If the large items have special places on shelves or in boxes for their storage, then children will be learning about capacity and length at tidying up time too.

3 Have you tried supplementing your construction equipment with junk and recycled materials? In particular, large cardboard boxes and cardboard tubes from carpet shops make big and exciting building materials.

4 Are there spaces where children's constructions can be saved, so they can come back to them later? This gives children the time to develop their ideas and makes them feel that their efforts have real value.

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