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Teachables – Acrylic Coloured Cylinders – 70 pieces

Teachables – Acrylic Coloured Cylinders – 70 pieces

KD985

$126.45 (Ex GST)

$145.42 (Incl GST)

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Description

These 70 coloured cylinders are perfect for use with our wooden peg board. They can also be used separately for building, loose parts, pattern making and stacking. Each of the coloured cylinders is made from transparent acrylic and measures 1.5cm in diameter. Each cylinder or rod measures 5cm in length. These tubes are smooth to touch and are a great choice for open ended play. Suitable for children from the age of 3 years. Excellent for fine motor skills, problem solving and creative thinking. This fun building set is excellent for the light box as well as for open ended exploratory play. Supported by a beautiful and colourful palette, construction activities are enhanced through light play exploration. Excellent for light boxes and sensory play as well as STEM activities, early maths and open ended play. This item supports a STEM and a STEAM based curriculum. It encourages and develops the critical thinking, problem solving and innovative ideas that are important in STEM and STEAM based projects. This curriculum integrates Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths and Art, and the resources need to be able to support these different fields as one integrated pedagogy. This is an open-ended and multi-layered resource which can be adapted to different skill and knowledge levels, and supports children to become confident and adaptable learners. Sensory play encourages children to learn, develop and grow whilst they have fun. Children are encouraged to explore, investigate and develop their ideas through sensory play. The use of open ended resources promote exploration and investigation in sensory play. Sensory play aids cognitive development, the more senses that are involved the better! Creativity and imagination is developed through new ways of thinking. Often social skilled are built through team work, and language and communication skills improve. Perseverance is developed as children keep exploring and investigating their surroundings. Children will become more confident and develop a stronger sense of identity through play. Play is an important part of early childhood. Play encourages children to learn, develop and grow whilst they have fun. Playing with loose parts promotes creative thinking, invention and problem solving. The materials or parts do not have specified uses or come with instructions. They are open ended and can be used with a variety of other resources. They can be built, redesigned, balanced, lined up, and taken apart and put back together in endless ways. Large or small, size does not matter either. There is no right or wrong way to play with loose parts. Children can explore dramatic play, maths, science, physics, pattern making, sorting, engineering, language and communication. Perfect for STEM and STEAM activities. These type of resources help children to understand how the world works through exploration and problem solving. As there are no set instructions, these open ended resources can be almost anything. Texture, colour, weight, line and shape are all explored in complex play. This type of play is suitable for both group and individual learning, with children being able to lead solve problems with creative thinking. Loose parts can be manipulated in multiple possibilities and transformed into symbolic materials as children create stories, construct small worlds, transient art, construction, develop early mathematical and literacy understanding. Children can create endless small world possibilities and enhance their symbolic play using the open ended pieces and their past experiences. It allows them to create narratives and stories building on their early literacy skills. Support children’s mathematical skills by encouraging children to sort, classify, match and represent amounts. Allow them to explore and classify different shapes, sizes and colours. Children are able to look at size differences by identifying the physical differences

MTA Teachers Resource Catalogue Page: 647

MTA Early Years Catalogue Page: 273

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