Loose Parts Play

Loose parts can be made of any material, natural, synthetic or even better - a combination of the two. They can be found natural materials from a garden, such as twigs, leaves, sticks and stones. They can also be elements that are repurposed and given second and third lives, such as boxes: milk bottle tops, lids, or plastic containers. They can also be the more traditional resources found in a learning environment such as blocks, marbles, buckets, and craft materials such as pompoms, match sticks, paddle pop sticks.