Description
The Outdoor Small World Resource Collection 3–7yrs enriches outdoor learning experiences, encouraging children to explore, imagine and develop meaningful stories. Designed by Early Excellence specialists to extend early years small world experiences into the outdoor environment, this collection supports physical, social, and cognitive development in a stimulating outdoor setting.
Constructed from high-quality materials, the Small World Resource Collection is designed to withstand busy outdoor environments, supporting sustained engagement and repeated exploration.
The collection includes a range of vehicles, wild animal figures, dinosaur figures and a collection of natural materials to encourage children to build scenes and animal habitats. The animals and dinosaurs are created at a larger scale for outdoor play.
By arranging scenes, re-enacting stories and experimenting with different materials, children will develop fine motor control, spatial awareness and problem-solving skills.
Outdoor small world experiences also foster communication and social interaction as children negotiate roles, plan scenario and collaborate in storytelling. By reflecting elements of the real world, these activities build understanding of the environment, community and everyday experiences.
Combine this Outdoor Small World Resource Collection 3–7yrs with the Outdoor Sand Resource Collection 3-7yrs and the Outdoor Water Play Resource Collection 3-7yrs to create multi-sensory learning experiences. Children can use sand and water to build habitats for the animals, incorporate natural materials like sticks and logs into imaginative scenes, or extend role-play with diggers and vehicles, enhancing problem-solving, creativity, and fine motor skills while enhancing EYFS outdoor learning space.
Explore the full range of Small World Resources to enhance your early years outdoor classroom, creating an engaging and inspiring environment where children can learn, explore, and thrive.
Learning Opportunities
- Exploring creativity and storytelling through arranging, combining and imagining
- Developing fine motor skills and spatial awareness by handling small objects
- Using language to describe scenes, characters and events, building vocabulary
- Engaging curiosity through sorting, grouping and observing similarities and differences
Storage Solution
Keep your provision organised and accessible with the Outdoor Small World 3-7yrs Storage Solution, designed to perfectly store this collection and support easy self-selection in busy early years environments.
This Outdoor Small World Resource Collection 3-7yrs includes:
- 4 Large Small World Wild Animals
- 4 Large Small World Dinosaurs, size ranging from 11cm – 43cm
- 4 building site toy trucks featuring a Tractor with detachable rear trailer, approx. L13.5cm x H12.5cm x W30cm, a Dumper Truck with a classic open-box bed, complete with construction worker, approx. L12.7cm x H14.6cm x W11.43cm, a Mini Pick-Up Truck with its own construction figure. approx. L10.8cm x H14.6cm x W10.8cm and a Scooper with a moveable front loader, comes with its own construction worker. approx. L19.05cm x H11.43cm x W11.43cm - each vehicle features chunky, roll easy tyres
- An assortment of natural materials including sticks, wooden discs, log slices, taru, driftwood pieces
- 1 Birch Pot
- 3 Coconut Bowls
- Rainbow Rocks – approx. 2kg
- Natural Stones - 2kg
- Weight, quantity, size and appearance may vary for all natural products
- 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.
