Natural Materials
Inspire children across Nursery, Reception and KS1 to express their creative ideas, exploring colour, pattern, texture and sensory play with natural learning resources and a range of open-ended loose parts.
Why Choose an Early Excellence Natural Materials Area:
- Find Natural Materials resource collections for 3-4yrs and 4-5yrs for a rapid, ready made continuous provision solution
- Choose from a wide range of open-ended transient resources including mini pumpkins, wood pieces, shells and river gems to encourage children to explore shape, space, pattern, colour and texture of the loose parts using enhancement trays or a lightboard
- Add open-ended natural materials to story trays as scenery for small world fairies and woodland animals for example, to develop storytelling language and imaginative play
Wondering How to Introduce a Natural Materials Area to Your Classroom?
Discover how to use your Natural Materials area; read our Blog, explore the Continuous Provision Guides and extend your understanding with the Natural Materials Inside Out Training Materials.
Inspire children across Nursery, Reception and KS1 to express their creative ideas, exploring colour, pattern, texture and sensory play with natural learning resources and a range of open-ended loose parts.
Why Choose an Early Excellence Natural Materials Area:
- Find Natural Materials resource collections for 3-4yrs and 4-5yrs for a rapid, ready made continuous provision solution
- Choose from a wide range of open-ended transient resources including mini pumpkins, wood pieces, shells and river gems to encourage children to explore shape, space, pattern, colour and texture of the loose parts using enhancement trays or a lightboard
- Add open-ended natural materials to story trays as scenery for small world fairies and woodland animals for example, to develop storytelling language and imaginative play
Wondering How to Introduce a Natural Materials Area to Your Classroom?
Discover how to use your Natural Materials area; read our Blog, explore the Continuous Provision Guides and extend your understanding with the Natural Materials Inside Out Training Materials.
