Description
Support your EYFS and KS1 curriculum with the Building & Construction Resource Collection 3–7yrs a complete ready-made solution for the outdoor construction area. Curated by Early Excellence specialists, this robust and versatile collection provides everything you need to create a purposeful outdoor construction area that promotes teamwork, critical thinking and physical development.
Featuring a wide variety of open-ended resources, including crates, den covers, poles, planks, tyres, pulleys, ropes and steering wheels, this collection allows children to build large-scale structures, vehicles and dens. The high-quality, durable resources are designed to withstand daily use in busy outdoor environments, enabling year-round exploration and learning.
The collection promotes physical development and movement as children transport, stack, balance, connect and fasten materials together as they build collaboratively with peers. The collection develops children’s core strength and gross motor skills through purposeful activity. Whether constructing a fire engine, pirate ship or a secret den, the set promotes negotiation, problem-solving and creative thinking.
Encourage children to work in teams to plan, construct and adapt their builds using real-world tools and challenges. Add a set of A4 Clipboards or Outdoor Mark Making Resources to support sketching and labelling their creations. Add additional Wooden Role Play Chalkboards for more signage, control panels or construction site rules.
Extend role play opportunities and add the Outdoor Make Believe Play Resource Collection 3–7yrs, extend their role play narratives even further as children can become captains of the ship structure or dragon and knights hidden within caves.
Explore the full range of Outdoor Construction Area resources to enhance your early years or KS1 outdoor classroom, creating an engaging and inspiring environment where children can learn, explore, and thrive.
Learning opportunities
- Developing coordination and control through lifting, balancing, connecting and steering
- Exploring early mathematical concepts including size, shape, number and spatial awareness through comparing lengths, counting and practical problem-solving
- Building resilience and focus by exploring ideas, testing designs and refining their builds
- Encouraging teamwork through shared planning, building and imaginative storytelling
Storage Solution
Combine with the readymade storage solution Building & Construction 3-7yrs Storage solution to keep your Building & Construction Resource Collection organised and enticing to children.
This Building & Construction Resource Collection 3-7yrs includes:
- 1 child-sized Sack Cart, approx. H73cm x W31cm x D41cm
- 4 Blue Crates, L65.5cm x W54cm x D18.5cm approx.
- 16 Red Crates, L36.5cm x W28.5cm x D30.5cm approx,
- 4 H Crate, 44.2cm x 35.9cm x 33cm
- 4 Wooden Poles approx. L120cm x Dia 2.5cm
- 4 Wooden Planks, 2 approx. L115cm and 2 approx. L88cm
- Black Flexi Tubing, approx. 1.1m
- 1 White pipe, 25cm x 11cm
- 1 Flexi Extendable pipe
- 1 Terracotta Coupler
- 2 Small Pulleys with Ropes Set, contained within 2 willow baskets with handles, approx. H24cm x W20cm x D11cm
- 2 Steering Wheels
- 4 Tyres with rubber wheels, approx. Dia 37cm
- 2 Large, Colourful Fabric Den Covers, approx. 2m x 2.4m and 2.1m x 2.4m
- Orange Plastic Netting, approx. 4m length total
- Green Screen Knitted Nets, approx. 4m length total
- 1 piece of clear tarpaulin material approx 1.8m x 2.4m
- 1 Waterproof Den Cover, approx. 2.5m x 1.45m
- 1 Thick Fishing Net, approx. 1.5m x 2m
- 1 Camouflage Net, approx. 3m x 1.05m
- 10 Metal Clips, approx. 15cm x 10.5cm x 2 cm
- 8 Black Rope, approx. 1m
- 8 Ball Bungee, approx. 18cm
- 3 Black Chalk Board, approx. 21cm x 16cm
- 1 Green Tub – H29cm x 43cm Dia
- Suitable for age 3 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.
