I need to find out why the physical lay out of a nursery can be organised to meet the needs of all children?

Question

I need to know why nursery's have wet play and sand play i have reserched on the net but i cant find anything at all please help

Answer 1

Water and sand both feel completely differently and they give the children a chance to experience new things that are in the environment, but inside the classroom vs having to go outside.

Answer 2

Do you mean 'how' it can be organised?

-split into areas of learning such as messy play, quiet area, writing area etc to ensure the resources in that are, the posters etc are all stimulating and appropriate for that activity area. Also have messy play in one area away from the quiet means that messy play can be loud and exploratory and quiet area kept peaceful and place of rest.

-HAve coat area near the outside doors so children have easy access rather than walking through everyones toys!

-Have a mixed of chairs and spaces to stands up/sit down this way the different development stages are catered for.

-Are the children more into role play-then have a larger role play area, are they more into building then extend brick area-go by the individual group!

If you mean why should it be organised to meet needs?

-Support learning

-Increase development opportunities

-Make it more appropriate to the child's activities.

-Make it safe and suitable for play.

Wet Play and Sand Play-why?

-They are two different play experiences with different learning attached to them!

-Children have different interests some may not like the sand texture, others may not like the 'mess' of water.

-Can be a combined learning-eg: the funnel worked in the water-now I'm going to try in the sand-was it different-how?

-They are both great for mathematical development-full/empty, heavy/light, and estimating-how many spoonfuls to full bottle, comparison-which is heaviest and can support role play eg: wash babies in the water, having desert animals in the sand.

-They support social play-they are often large enough for more than one child and so chidlren learn to share space, resources and begin to play 'together'-having both sand and water means that children arent all around one tray!

Look up Foundation Stage Curriculum (QCA) and Birth To Three (SUreStart) for more about learning from sand/water,