The Bakery
With a rolling pin and baking tray in hand, specialty treats are always on the menu in The Bakery!
Learn through play
The Bakery has been designed specifically with our youngest visitors in mind, with resources visible and accessible at a variety of heights. Materials made available for play expand from literal to representational, sourced to made, and allow an environment for children and their adults to play together taking on different roles. Placed close to Critter Cafe, Marketplace and creARTivity, The Bakery also encouraged extended play between and amongst these different Experiences!
Backed by research
Supported by Early Start researchers and UOW School of Education lecturers, this new Experience provides opportunities for children to interact verbally and non-verbally with others, to develop emerging autonomy and sense of agency and develop dispositions of cooperation, creativity and imagination. The Bakery also provides opportunities for exploration of early mathematical and scientific concepts, while the environment encourages children and their adults to engage in object, pretend, sociodramatic and symbolic play!
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