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  Planning and resourcing
Exploration and Investigation
 
  • Provide materials that support particular schemas, for example, things to throw, for a child who is exploring trajectory.
  • Find out from parents about their children's interests and discuss how they can be encouraged.
  • Plan for inclusion of information from parents who do not speak English.
Designing and Making
 
  • Provide a range of items to inspire young children's curiosity, ensuring that their investigations are conducted safely.
  • Provide culturally diverse artefacts and encourage parents to bring in culturally specific and familiar items from home to share.
ICT
 
  • Incorporate technology resources that children recognise into their play, such as a camera.
Time
 
  • Collect stories that focus on the sequence of routines, for example, getting dressed, asking "How do I put it on?".
Place
 
  • Develop use of the outdoors so that young children can investigate features, for example, a mound, a path or a wall.
Communities
 
  • Give opportunities for talk with other children, visitors and adults.