The environment plays a key role in supporting and extending children’s development and learning. Enabling environments encourage babies and young children to play because they feel relaxed, comfortable and ‘at home’ in them. When children feel emotionally safe and secure they are able to explore and find out about the place they are in and the things they can see, touch, manoeuvre or manipulate. In the EYFS the environment is described in terms of three aspects: The emotional environment, the outdoor environment, the indoor environment. These three aspects of the environment together make up the environment for play and learning in the EYFS.
The Principles into Practice cards on this page refer to the EYFS 2007,they are not linked to the Revised EYFS.
Emotional Environment: Read More
Outdoor Environment: Read More
Indoor Environment: Read More
PDFs:
Enabling Environments
Supporting Every Child
The Wider Context
