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Loose parts play

A style of play that gives children movable everyday objects to combine, transform, and use in open-ended ways.

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Loose parts play: using everyday objects for creative play

Loose parts play: using everyday objects for creative play

What loose parts play means Loose parts play means giving children everyday objects that can be moved, combined, stacked, sorted, carried, torn apart, and rebuilt. The key feature is not what the object is, but what the child can do with it. A cardboard tube may become a telescope, a bridge, a megaphone, or part […]