Page 19 - Our Play Curriculum

TOOLS – Having opportunities to play with real

tools is more interesting to children, which

naturally leads children to be more positively
invested in their use. The use of real tools honors

children’s abilities and intelligence and sends the

message that they are capable constructors,
destructors, imaginators, tinkerers and engineers.

As young children experiment with, sort, take

apart, build and tinker, ideas and imagination
begin to flow. Playing with tools can give children a

sense of accomplishment as well as a feeling of

pride. Tools can be anything from hammers and
screw drivers to saws, axes and knives, even

scissors and craft knives.