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There are many ways to think about creativity as a disposition or stance. Connected words might be imagination, original, new, unexpected and inventive. We can be creative with ideas or concrete materials. We might be creative for different reasons... to be playful, to solve problems, to create or think of or adapt something not thought of before... I often associate 'creativity' with 'possibilities' and we can already see creativity can be considered in many possible ways.

Study Boxes are open ended resources that can be used in continuous provision. They can be combined with other resources. Children often observe other children playing with the boxes and learn from each other. There is generally no fixed outcome - although of course the contents of the boxes are carefully designed to give key experiences.

The world of education is increasingly looking towards the science of learning for evidence as to how to best support learning and memory in schools. There still appears to be a gap in research directly linking play to learning, but there is a huge amount of evidence that highlights key features that make learning memorable.

Part of our collective journey in the PressPlay learning community will involve becoming more consciously competent in our practice.

This is such a key question; getting the answer to this as “right” as possible will make the difference between a lifelong impactful learning experience and constantly feeling like you are working against the grain and fighting for a playful approach.

This question has probably been asked of me more than any other over the years Ihave worked with schools, helping them to incorporate play more effectively into theirclassrooms.