Outside resources

   

Having outside space allows children to make choices about where they want to play and to move around more freely. Provide a range of outside resources that develop gross motor skills, hand-eye coordination and balance. For example, include:

• climbing equipment with soft material underneath for safety
• balancing equipment with soft material underneath for safety
• moving toys. For example, wheeled vehicles with pedals, rocking horses, balance bikes, scooters, wheelbarrows, doll prams
• a sand tray and a water tray with containers for exploring
• a mud kitchen with the types of utensils, bowls, pots and pans, etc. that you would find in a kitchen, to promote pretend play cooking with mud, sand and water 
• large building blocks or boxes that children can sit on, or in, for imaginative play
• a variety of small equipment that can be used for movement activities. For example, bean bags, cones, low obstacles to jump over, hula hoops, skipping ropes.

                 

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