Loose parts play outdoor

Ultimate List of Loose Parts to backyard play this winter. Play in the rain, snow, or any early childhood education setting using these free and easy materials.

I love this idea for gross motor and open-ended building! Children are given an opportunity to develop gross motor skills when they are moving heavy objects around while using critical thinking skills to decide where objects should go. I wonder where children will go when their designs fall? Will they work together in teams or work independently?

A great thing about loose parts is that they are often free! In our article we've shared a few ideas for free loose parts you can find.

Loose parts bring endless options and can create a stimulating play space for kids when you have little room. Here's a list of our 10 favourite loose parts

The beauty of large loose parts; they’re open ended and inspire children to try something new, persevere and to use their imagination.

Let Kids Be Kids

Kids really get to know the environment if they can dig it, beat it, swat it, lift it, push it, join it, combine different things with it. This is what adults call creative activity...a process of imagination and environment working together. - Robin Moore Loose parts and I have been best friends since way before I even knew that loose parts were an actual thing. The small, progressive preschool I chose for my boys - and later - for myself had an outdoor space rich in loose parts - both…

It is imperative to fuel children’s curiosity and appetite for learning. This love of learning, along with the skills to communicate, problem-solve, and self-regulate, will lead to life-long success no matter the profession.

Natural and open-ended resources provide a vast range of opportunities; they can be used by children in their original state, or imagined into something else. The use of natural resources allows children to experience what they are and what they could possibly be used for. So, eradicate the old plastic fantastic way of learning and encourage more natural, open-ended resources and loose parts.