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How environments support play
What the adult may do What does this mean? Explain and How does this support children’s
give example development. Think about all of their areas
of development. Think about how they might
feel or what they might learn.
Different types of play Different types is the different variaties of
play to support overall development. The
environment ensures that children are
able to play in different ways depending
on the environment.
Space Many young children prefer a smaller
space as it helps them feel like they are
safe and creates an environment where
they can hide themselves away if they
need their own space, for example, most
nursery environments will have a small
home corner, book corner or the like for
the children can go to if they feel they
need too.
Areas for different Early years settings usually put different
purposes types of play and resources within
different areas for example, they may
have floor areas where children can play
with things like cars, trains or do a puzzle,
whilst the tables may be used for art,
phonics or counting.
How the children might Thinking about what type of play will be
use the space used in each section is very important, for
example, making sure heres enough floor
space where the children will be playing
on the floor, or making sure they can
access the aprons easily in the painting
area.
Creating flow Most settings will think of ways of how
the children will travel from one space to
the other, mainly in regards to the
outdoors, for example putting down
pathways for the children so they can
travel from one place to other.
How environments support play
What the adult may do What does this mean? Explain and How does this support children’s
give example development. Think about all of their areas
of development. Think about how they might
feel or what they might learn.
Different types of play Different types is the different variaties of
play to support overall development. The
environment ensures that children are
able to play in different ways depending
on the environment.
Space Many young children prefer a smaller
space as it helps them feel like they are
safe and creates an environment where
they can hide themselves away if they
need their own space, for example, most
nursery environments will have a small
home corner, book corner or the like for
the children can go to if they feel they
need too.
Areas for different Early years settings usually put different
purposes types of play and resources within
different areas for example, they may
have floor areas where children can play
with things like cars, trains or do a puzzle,
whilst the tables may be used for art,
phonics or counting.
How the children might Thinking about what type of play will be
use the space used in each section is very important, for
example, making sure heres enough floor
space where the children will be playing
on the floor, or making sure they can
access the aprons easily in the painting
area.
Creating flow Most settings will think of ways of how
the children will travel from one space to
the other, mainly in regards to the
outdoors, for example putting down
pathways for the children so they can
travel from one place to other.
