How do I provide a rich learning environment?
Practitioners must respond to each child’s emerging needs and interests, guiding their development through warm, positive interaction and ensuring that the provision reflects and supports all children.
Practitioners must consider the individual needs, interests and stage of development of each child in their care, and must use this information to plan a challenging and enjoyable experience for each child in all of the areas of learning and development.
Spaces that provide a sense of belonging, familiarity and challenge within a context for safe risk-taking are powerful vehicles for a child's learning. The environment needs to offer opportunities for this both indoors and outdoors, ensuring children have time to extend and consolidate their own child-led learning.
