According to White, J (2007, p. 117), “building and making [dens] outdoors offer huge potential for learning and development…which invite children to work communally on a big scale”. Hodgman (2011, p.36) develops this by saying that “dens allow children to use their creative skills, as well as playing an important part in developing independence and social skills”. They form and build these relationships through communication with their peers such as talking and co-operation. Having this opportunity will help children become more confident within their speech and sharing ideas with others. In order to build their dens, they have to listen to each other’s perceptions and ideas to then come up with a concrete idea. Den making promotes children’s physical development through tuning their gross and fine motor skills when constructing their dens.
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Den making will assist in these skills through the children physically trying it out for themselves, and may push materials together to create their dens or throw materials to each other. As for the specific areas of the EYFS framework, Den Making provides the potential to extend mathematics knowledge, especially shape. The Department for Education (2014, p. 8) states that children in the EYFS should be able to "describe shapes, spaces, and measures” which relates to the construction of the den. This will give children the opportunity to be able to choose and describe the shape of their den, and compare the shape of their dens to basic 2D shapes. Children will also develop their health and self care development through being aware of their surroundings and being safe whilst building their dens. Den Making also promotes physical exercise through the movement that children control and co-ordinate whilst making their
Den making will assist in these skills through the children physically trying it out for themselves, and may push materials together to create their dens or throw materials to each other. As for the specific areas of the EYFS framework, Den Making provides the potential to extend mathematics knowledge, especially shape. The Department for Education (2014, p. 8) states that children in the EYFS should be able to "describe shapes, spaces, and measures” which relates to the construction of the den. This will give children the opportunity to be able to choose and describe the shape of their den, and compare the shape of their dens to basic 2D shapes. Children will also develop their health and self care development through being aware of their surroundings and being safe whilst building their dens. Den Making also promotes physical exercise through the movement that children control and co-ordinate whilst making their