A project focusing on the familiar and readily available resource of cutlery provides opportunities for developing children's understanding of the properties of materials and promoting their mathematical problem-solving skills.
In order for children to gain maximum benefit from this project, it is important to ensure that there are additional indoor and outdoor opportunities for child-initiated investigations.
Approach
The Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage (page 11) emphasises the importance of providing children with a balance of adult-led and child-initiated learning opportunities. This project:
* identifies adult-led activities, to introduce or develop children's understanding of the topic through stimulating, meaningful experiences which offer challenge
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