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.

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.

We are in the final design stages for our natural playground. It is very exciting. One of the areas that we have wanted to create is a loose parts area. Since the new playground planning is taking longer than expected, we decided not to wait on this area. It will be housed in a different section of the playground in the new design, but it is already a huge hit. What we did to create it is build upon what we already had on our playground. We have a collection of large PVC pipes of different…