Enabling environments

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• warm, welcoming and nurturing and facilitates a sense of belonging

• range of resources,

• familiar

• new to them

• offer room for outdoor and indoor play, sufficient space for children to move

• encourage exploration and risk-taking

• range of activities which serve different purposes: inspire imagination and role play, exploration of personal relationships

• feelings, problem solving, quiet time and reflection

• meet the needs of all the children who attend

• ensure all children feel welcomed and valued

• Pay close attention to individual children

• Ensure staff understand the importance of building warm and supportive relationships and the importance of nurturing a child’s development

• child height and accessible and use resources which can be moved and used in a variety of ways

• time and space to focus and reduce noise distractions

• making the setting’s ground rules for behaviour, and creating the behavioural codes of practice, involving them as much as possible

• Engage children in activities to build their emotional resilience and social skills