 Tamariki have opportunities to participate in imaginative play*

 Tamariki have access to resources that encourage exploration of how things move and how they can be moved*

 Tamariki have opportunities to develop spatial understandings by fitting things together and taking things apart; and by rearranging and reshaping objects and materials*

 Tamariki are encouraged to use trial and error to find solutions to problems and to use previous experience as a basis for trying out alternative strategies*

 Tamariki have opportunities to develop and explore social concepts, rules and understandings in social contexts* - such as working together to create the track and moving their trains in the same direction!

*Te Whāriki – Early Childhood Curriculum – Exploration