Description
Create a rich and engaging small world provision with the Small World Real Life Area 4-5yrs, a carefully curated collection of people figures, animals, landscape materials and open-ended resources, organised within a dedicated classroom storage unit to support children’s understanding of the world around them.
Children can use the versatile resource collection to draw on their own experiences, explore different environments and develop their understanding of the people, places and communities around them. The people figures reflect the diversity of everyday life, including different occupations, roles and abilities, encouraging children to represent real-life situations and explore the different ways people live, work and contribute within their communities.
Children can use the resources to create scenes based around homes, workplaces, transport, emergency services, countryside settings and local environments. The variety of animals and landscape materials allows children to create and adapt different environments, from farms and animal habitats to woodland areas, safari wildlife settings and community spaces. As children select, arrange and combine resources, they develop ideas, make decisions and create increasingly detailed scenarios
Small world provision offers valuable opportunities for communication and language development, providing a meaningful context for children to develop vocabulary, introduce characters, create narratives and share ideas with others. As children retell familiar experiences, invent new scenarios and build shared stories together, they develop confidence in expressing their thoughts, listening to different perspectives, negotiating ideas, taking turns and making decisions collaboratively. Handling and positioning the figures, vehicles and landscape materials also supports fine motor development, coordination and control.
Resources are organised using accessible plastic trays, displayed on a high-level shelving unit to create a complete small world solution for the classroom. Clearly labelled trays help children independently access, return and organise resources, promoting tidy-up routines and encouraging them to take responsibility for maintaining an inviting and well-organised learning environment. The solid wood classroom furniture unit is designed at an appropriate height for use in Reception classrooms, helping to create an inviting and engaging space for children to explore and create endless small world scenes.
Manufactured in the UK and delivered fully assembled, the classroom furniture is built to withstand the demands of busy early years environments, offering a 10-year guarantee for added peace of mind.
Combine with the Complete Small World Area 4-5yrs for a well-rounded selection of small world resources, or explore the Complete Small World Fantasy Area 4-5yrs for further opportunities to develop imagination, storytelling and creative expression.
Explore the full range of small world resources for further communication and language, literacy, understanding the world and creative development opportunities.
This Small World Real Life Area 4-5yrs includes:
- High Level Shelving Unit (Wing Back), Dimensions: H105 x L125 x D52cm
- Collection of transparent storage, including 10 a5 trays, 6 1.5l boxes and 2 7.5l boxes
- A set of people figures reflecting a diverse range of occupations, roles and abilities, featuring realistic painted details
- A collection of small world animals featuring Cow Family, Pig Family, Chicken Family and Sheep Family, alongside a range of popular pets, including dogs and cats, British wildlife creatures and wild safari animals
- A collection of small world landscape materials, including assorted landscape coloured fabric, coloured flowers, a set of 6 wooden fences, chunky wooden hedges, gates and walls, 4 chunky wooden printed trees, 2 large and 2 small natural wooden trees, a bundle of mini hay bales and a set of red mini bricks
- A set of 4 wooden barriers and British traffic signs, complete with 9 small wooden city vehicles
- Natural materials featuring wooden slices in various sizes, a set of flat wooden shapes, 3 coffee wood pieces, natural stones and 1kg of natural wooden play blocks
- Suitable for age 4 years and over
Variations
Many of our resources are produced in a variety of colours and styles and may vary slightly from those shown, however we guarantee that you will always receive the same quality and value.
Secondary images used for representation purposes only.
