Is it a box? A den? An oven? Or a road?
The babies have been exploring lots of different ways of using cardboard boxes in their play. They especially enjoyed hiding in an upside down box, painting a giant box and exploring heuristic resources in another box!
NEW EYFS:
Expressive art and design; Birth to three – babies, toddlers and young children will be learning to:
– Start to make marks intentionally.
– Explore paint, using fingers and other parts of their bodies as well as brushes and other tools.
– Express ideas and feelings through making marks, and sometimes give a meaning to the marks they make.
– Explore paint, using fingers and other parts of their bodies as well as brushes and other tools.
– Express ideas and feelings through making marks, and sometimes give a meaning to the marks they make.
– Start to develop pretend play, pretending that one object represents another.
– Explore different materials, using all their senses to investigate them. Manipulate and play with different materials.
– Use their imagination as they consider what they can do with different materials.
– Use their imagination as they consider what they can do with different materials.
Personal, social and emotional development: Birth to three – babies, toddlers and young children will be learning to:
– Play with increasing confidence on their own and with other children, because they know their key person is nearby and available.
Understanding the world: Birth to three – babies, toddlers and young children will be learning to:
– Explore materials with different properties.
Physical development: Birth to three – babies, toddlers and young children will be learning to:
– Fit themselves into spaces, like tunnels, dens and large boxes, and move around in them