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Bringing the outdoors in

Natural resources are an ideal way to make your learning environment more interesting and attractive. They also make wonderful starting points for encouraging children to be curious and to explore the fascinating natural world. Natural resources have the added benefit of being aesthetically pleasing and easily available, costing very little and providing an endless variety of sensory experiences involving patterns, colours, sizes, shapes and textures

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