Explain The Age Range Of Children Aged 2-3 Years Old

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Messy play with rice Pudding and Blue Sand: This activity was for the sensory development of children aged 2-3 years as these are the age range of children I am currently working with. When planning this activity I had to consider what age range I was going to be working with, my thought process was, to do this activity with babies could mean they would try and eat it rather than play with it and get the experiences of feeling it and exploring the different textures as I had intended. I thought 2-3 year olds would enjoy it as there are different textures that they may not have been able to experience before. They would see the sand mixing in with the rice pudding and also the colour would change so they would be able to explain what they thought may be happening. Children older than 3 years may find it a little boring as it might have been something that they had done when they were younger. I had to look into the EYFS in order to find out what areas of development children aged 2-3 years should be working towards, according to the EYFS (2012, pg11) a child often, ‘Expresses own preferences and interests.’ After I…show more content…
For the children that did like to play with the mixture I would encourage them to feel it and tell me what it felt like, whether it was smooth, cold, lumpy and sticky. Froebel is a theorist that says it is important to develop the whole child through the senses and first-hand experiences. This activity works alongside this as the children are feeling ti for themselves and are able to explain to a practitioner how they felt about the experiences that they had just had, they could also talk about the fact that they liked it or
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