Indoor Investigation / Discovery Opportunities

Effective ‘ Investigation / Discovery Opportunities’ would include many features. This should:

• Provide a focus to promote questioning, experimenting, exploration and investigation. This could be in the form of an ‘Investigation Table.’
• Be initiated in response to children’s interests, questions, and on-going observations
• House exciting, stimulating and varied resources which the children can interact with together with practitioners and parents/ carers. This will include man-made and natural objects.
• Include quality fiction  and non- fiction texts, pictures and photographs related to a theme 
• Promote the use of the senses with the support of equipment such as magnifying glasses, mirrors, magnets and digital cameras
• Include some initial questions that children can attempt to answer with the support of adults
• Be interactive and encourage questioning
• Facilitate the recording of observations, comments and questions. This may include the use of ICT, for example the use of digital cameras
• Involve the outdoor learning environment and include opportunities to explore the wider world.

Exploring Gardens North County Primary School, Gainsborough	Investigating Opportunities for Young Children Fun Farm Day Nursery, Lincoln

Exploring Natural Objects Seasiders Day Nursery, Skegness	Exploring Textures Seasiders Day Nursery, Skegness

Exploring Shapes Beginnings Daycare, Gainsborough	A Range of Instruments to Use Outdoors Beginnings Daycare, Gainsborough

Exploring Through 'Touch and Talk' Theddlethorpe Primary School	Re-cycled 'Can-Do Boxes' for Sensory Exploration Sleaford New Life Pre-School
An Alternative Treasure Basket - Dressing Up Beginnings Day Care Ltd. Park Springs, Gainsborough	Exploring Jelly Lilliput Day Nursery, Boston
Bringing Chicks to Life Magdalen Church of England/Methodist School, Wainfleet

Further images of Indoor Investigation / Discovery Opportunities  within Lincolnshire Settings will be added to this page.