22mo–3y5 minFree playOutdoorFamily time
Tiny Detail Hunt
The parent and child explore a familiar household object or piece of clothing together, leaving space for the child to notice its smallest features.
What you'll need
Essentials
- a familiar household object or piece of clothing with varied details
Movement level: low
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
What it practices
- Comments and asks questions about aspects of their familiar world such as the place where they live or the natural world.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Can talk about some of the things they have observed such as plants, animals, natural and found objects.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Talks about why things happen and how things work.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- Original guidance
- “Provide opportunities to observe things closely through a variety of means, including magnifiers and photographs.”
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE)