How this product aligns with the EYLF

Supporting play-based learning and inquiry
The Natureplay Wooden Stage with Backdrop provides an engaging platform for children to explore storytelling through role play. By reenacting familiar stories or creating new narratives, children can investigate their ideas and express their understanding of the world, fostering a sense of agency in their learning.

Building language, imagination, and social skills
This product encourages children to collaborate and communicate as they create their own backdrops and engage in dramatic play. Through these interactions, children enhance their vocabulary and social skills while exercising their imagination, which is fundamental to their overall development.

Relevant EYLF Outcomes
Outcome 1: Children have a strong sense of identity
Outcome 5: Children are effective communicators

Classroom, Play Activity & Provocation Ideas

Classroom & Learning Area Ideas
Set up a storytelling corner with the stage as a focal point, inviting children to share their favourite stories.
Create a themed backdrop area where children can design and display their own backdrops for various narratives.

Play-Based Activity Ideas
Encourage children to act out their favourite fairy tales or create original stories using the stage as their performance area.
Organise a puppet show where children can use the stage to present their puppets and narrate a story, promoting creativity and language skills.
Facilitate a group activity where children collaborate to build props and backdrops for their role plays, enhancing teamwork and problem-solving.

Provocation Ideas
Provide a selection of storybooks and ask children to choose one to reenact on the stage, prompting discussions about characters and plot.
Introduce different materials for children to create their own backdrops, encouraging exploration of textures and colours while linking to their imaginative play.