Description
Enhance your EYFS outdoor learning environment with the Gardening & Growing Resource Collection 2–3yrs. This ready-made set has been carefully designed by Early Excellence specialists to enrich your outdoor learning environment and offer age-appropriate, hands-on experiences for young children. Tailored for 2-3 year olds, this complete resource collection supports children’s physical development, early communication and an emerging understanding of the natural world through taking care of their outdoor garden environment.
Crafted from quality, durable materials, the items in this collection are built for energetic outdoor use. Sturdy and weather-resistant, they are perfect for sustained use across seasons. As children dig, scoop and plant, the easy to hold tools support children’s developing coordination and fine motor control while they explore the outdoor environment.
Children can use the wheelbarrow to transport soil, weeds or other materials found in their outside space whilst experimenting with weight, movement and balance. They can scoop soil using the hand trowel, transfer it to the trugs or water plants with the metal watering cans. Children can explore using the sieves to separate soil textures or uncover small stones, encouraging exploration of cause and effect. Pair this with the Exploring Nature Collection 2-3yrs for children to compare insects found in soil and to support confidence in exploring outdoors, or the Outdoor Water Play Collection 2-3yrs to combine watering and soil experiments.
Explore the full Gardening & Growing Resource Collections from Early Excellence to enrich your early years outdoor environment, creating a welcoming space where young children can investigate, discover and thrive.
Learning opportunities
- Building strength and coordination through scooping, digging, filling and transporting materials
- Exploring natural materials and observing changes through digging, pouring and watering
- Developing language by naming tools and describing gardening actions
- Encouraging independence and confidence through purposeful engagement in gardening routines
This Gardening & Growing Resource Collection 2–3yrs includes:
- 1 Child-sized wheelbarrow, featuring two wheels, rounded off edges and safety handlebar grips, approx. H30cm x W38cm x D81cm
- 2 Metal Watering Can, 1.5?L
- 2 Sieves, approx. 37cm x 36cm x 10cm
- 2 Hand Rake, approx. 22cm
- 2 Hand Fork, approx. 22cm
- 2 Hand Trowel, approx. 22cm
- 2 Green Tub, Mini Shallow 5L
- 1 Green Tub, Large Shallow 35L
- Suitable for age 2 and over
Storage Solution
Keep your provision organised and accessible with the Gardening & Growing 2-3yrs Storage Solution, designed to perfectly house this collection and support easy self-selection in busy early years environments.
Safety Information
For use with children aged 2–3 years, only with appropriate adult supervision. For full safety details, please see the Product Care & Safety Guidance Leaflet.
Variations
Many of our resources are available in a variety of colours or styles and may vary slightly from those shown, but we always guarantee consistent quality and value.
Secondary images are for representation only.
