Playing and Exploring

​Being willing to ‘have a go’

• Initiating activities
•  seeking challenge,
• showing a ‘can do’ attitude’,
  
• taking a risk, engaging in new experiences, and learning by trial and error)​

Finding out and exploring

• Showing curiosity about objects, events and people
•  using senses to explore the world around them
• engaging in open-ended activity
• showing particular interests

Playing with what they know

• Pretending objects are things from their experience
• representing their experiences in play
•  taking on a role in their play
•  acting out experiences with other people