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Personal, Social and Emotional Development
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Physical Development
Creative Development
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Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Early learning goal...
90a - Build and construct with a wide range of objects, selecting appropriate resources, and adapting their work where necessary.

Ideas for resources
Large wooden bricks, tunnels, cones, drapes, chairs, crates, chalk, planks, tyres, buckets, steps, trestles, ladders, boxes, ropes and nets.

Activity
Invite the children to build themselves an assault course. Talk about exciting activities that might be included, such as crawling under, over, through, balancing, jumping over. Provide children with a range of resources and encourage them to select and build imaginatively and safely.

Adults role
To ensure that resources provided are safe and the construction is safe (e.g. no holes to jam feet, keep low). To support children and supervise the children (avoid direction). To encourage the children to adapt their work where necessary (e.g. make something higher to crawl under successfully).

Examples of learning in other areas
PSE 40b Select and use activities and resources independently.
CLL 58b Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events.
MD 80e Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems.
PD 106a Move with control and co-ordination.
PD 106b Travel around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment.
CD 126b Express and communicate their ideas, thoughts and feelings, by using a widening range of materials...

Other ideas
Making dens (clothes horse, drapes, elastic bands, pegs and string etc.).
Large scale junk modelling (e.g. a bus).
Building an imaginary play area (e.g. pirate ship).
Building a rockery or a place for mini beasts to hide.
Plumbers yard - use guttering, pipes, joints etc.
Pulleys and ropes.
 
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