How this product aligns with the EYLF

Supporting play-based learning and inquiry
The Birchwood Play Ironing Board encourages children to engage in imaginative play, allowing them to explore adult roles and responsibilities. Through this role play, children can inquire about everyday tasks, fostering their understanding of the world around them while developing social skills and cooperation with peers.

Building language, imagination, and social skills
As children engage in role play with the ironing board, they have opportunities to develop language skills by narrating their actions and interacting with their peers. This imaginative play scenario promotes communication, negotiation, and collaboration, essential components of social skill development.

Relevant EYLF Outcomes
Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity
Outcome 2: Children are connected with and contribute to their world
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators

Classroom, Play Activity & Provocation Ideas
Classroom & Learning Area Ideas
Set up a home corner with the ironing board to create a familiar environment where children can role play and explore family dynamics.
Incorporate the ironing board into a dramatic play area, allowing children to simulate household tasks and discuss their experiences.

Play-Based Activity Ideas
Encourage children to work together to create a ‘laundry day’ scenario, where they can sort and ‘iron’ fabric pieces, enhancing their cooperative play.
Invite children to share stories about their own experiences with household chores, using the ironing board as a prop to stimulate conversation and language development.

Provocation Ideas
Introduce a variety of fabric pieces with different textures and patterns for children to ‘iron,’ prompting discussions about colours and materials.
Provide picture books related to household activities and family roles, encouraging children to connect the stories with their play at the ironing board.