Loose parts: What does this mean?
An inspiring resource for learning numeracy
Ideas for adding and using loose parts for learning
Numeracy Focus: Developing number sense
Loose parts are natural or synthetic objects that engage children’s creativity and inventiveness.
Loose parts develop pre-number and number skills through children classifying, sorting, arranging, counting, constructing, experimenting and inventing.
This resource offers ideas for using loose parts and the types of loose parts to incorporate into young children’s play.
Stage: Birth to Level 2
This resource supports:
Integrated teaching and learning approach
- Guided Play and Learning
- Child-led Learning
HITS
- Multiple exposures
VEYLDF Practice Principles
- Integrated teaching and learning approaches
VEYLDF Learning Outcomes
- Outcome 4: Children are confident and involved learners. Children transfer and adapt what they have learnt from one context to another
- Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators. Children interact verbally and non-verbally with others for a range of purposes
Cross-curricular
- Science
Audience
- Early childhood practitioners
Teaching and Learning Cycle:
- Act/Do
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Reflective Prompt
How do loose parts resources support children to explore number sense?
How might you use loose parts to foster other number focus areas?
Reflective Prompt
How do loose parts resources support children to explore number sense?
How might you use loose parts to foster other number focus areas?