Интересный зарубежный опыт создания природной среды в дошкольном учреждении. Наш отечественный психолог сказал, что самая развивающая игрушка - это обычная деревянная палочка (в руках ребенка она превращается во что и в кого угодно). Но почему-то МЫ У НАС стараемся купить дорогое оборудование для игровых площадок. А за рубежом обходятся ящиками, старыми вещами. Фотографии с блога воспитателя зарубежного садика. Ее блог называется Play outside. Адрес http://www.letthechildrenplay.net/

These are a few of my favourite (found) things, Part 2

Welcome to Part 2 of "These are a few of my favourite (found) things."  If you missed Part 1, you can catch up here.

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens....and wooden crates and milk crates.  Well, maybe Julie Andrews wouldn't sing about them, but they certainly come in handy when creating play spaces in early childhood settings.

1.  Wooden Crates

You can make shelves:

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Or tables:

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Or even a mud pie kitchen:

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Wooden crates are always handy storage options:

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2.  Milk Crates

What milk crates lack in the rustic factor, they make up for in versatility.  

You can build with them, or use them for storing loose parts outdoors:

 

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 Join them together to become an upcycled storage unit to hold the sandpit resources:

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Light in weight, children can carry and cart milk crates and use them in their play:

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Their slotted sides come in handy for creating intriguing water play arrangements:

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You can sail away in them:

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Or use them to hold up your mud pie kitchen:

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You can build with them:

You can create obstacle courses:

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You can grow grass in them:

You can make cubbies in them:

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They can define a play space:

You can sit on them:

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2.  Wooden Reels

You can use them in obstacle courses:

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 Or tables:

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Or to display art materials:

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3.  Lengths of material; sheets; mosquito nets

Ideal for making those child sized spaces and hiding places:

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