The message that a high-quality, well-resourced environment is essential for an early years system that has play-based learning at its heart is coming through loud and clear in recent initiatives.
The Early Years Foundation Stage has Enabling Environments as one of its four core themes, stressing that children should be able to initiate activities and follow their interests in suitably resourced provision, rather than have rigid, adult-led schemes imposed on them in 'one size fits all' fashion.
This is why Nursery World is publishing our great series 'Around the Nursery', with expert advice from Jane Drake on making the most of continuous provision in each part of the setting (see 'Starting blocks', pages 18-19). Our 'Let's Explore ...' pull-outs, too, are stressing the importance of having the right equipment and books to investigate themes such as trucks and diggers or baking.
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