Outdoor  Baby Environments

A quality environment for babies will have many characteristics. Here are some featured within Lincolnshire Settings. It should have:

• A ‘Home from Home’ environment. This may include a garden, messy play area, sleeping area, changing area and eating/ kitchen area
• Spaces which are clean but have the capacity to become messy
• Resources which may imitate home. For example, comfy chairs to rest on with  his/her key person
• A safe and secure environment. This includes ensuring appropriate room  temperatures, ventilation, boundaries, natural light and displaying photographs of families
• Spaces for routine activities such as snack time and exploratory play
• Stimulating resources that cater for all of the senses
• A quiet, comfortable and safe environment to sleep and rest
• Space available for parents and carers to access
• Appropriately sized furniture which is safe for babies to move around
• A variety of textures, levels and surfaces
• Regular access to the outdoor learning environment
• Provision enhanced according to children’s developmental needs, interests and on-going observations.

Images of Baby Environments within Lincolnshire Settings will be added to this page