Modern Living Washing Machine Sage

Overview

• Children can learn about laundry and utilities while working on simple maths concepts. Activities such as splitting washing by colours or matching socks by patterns offer contextual learning about maths.

• A washing machine encourages children to think about laundry and utilities but it also offers them a space to work on simple mathematical concepts. Children may be encouraged to split washing by colours. Sorting and matching socks together. Perhaps the children need to wash some dirty socks with different prints on. Having the children sort through and match each sock based on colour or patterns is a contextual way of learning about maths. Part of the Modern Living Collection, a range of role play kitchen and living room items, with a contemporary look and feel, providing children with a more realistic experience in their traditional home corner. Children are able to interact with this range of home-inspired furniture to support their confidence, independence and learning about the world around them. The range opens up lots of opportunities for contextual learning, fostering relationships, and communication and language development, amongst many other aspects of learning that are key to this age group.