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Gardening offers children a wealth of knowledge and experiences and many opportunities to develop new skills. They may learn to grow and care for seeds and plants and to observe, discover and record how and why they grow, or fail to grow. The practical activities include growing gardens in jars, creating miniature gardens, investigating how much different types of soil weigh, making leaf prints and pressing fl owers. An early years group without an outdoor area of their own could carry out many of the activities indoors. All of the play activities are designed to develop important preschool...

We experience weather conditions all the time, every minute of every day, all around the world. This book provides ideas for raising children's awareness, appreciation and understanding of the weather throughout the year, whatever the temperatures and conditions outside. The practical activities include enjoying and responding to weather poems, creating foggy night pictures, choosing the right clothes for the weather, measuring puddles, making simple weather vanes and charting and recording the weather in various ways. All of the play activities are designed to develop important preschool...

Shopping is something that most children experience, making it an ideal topic for the early years, as children can compare experiences with each other and with the adults within their setting. The practical activities in this book range from setting up a variety of imaginative shops in the role-play area, to investigations into weights and measures and simple ways of introducing to children the concept of spending money. All of the play activities are designed to develop important preschool skills and a deeper understanding of the world and are linked to the Early Learning Goals of the...