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The big tray holds 36 pieces in each compartment and the small tray holds 18 pieces in each compartment

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Mandala loose parts are versatile small parts that can be used in myriad ways. Mandala loose parts will help your child in –

Fine motor skills
Learn basic mathematics skills like pattern making, even/odd, less/more, calculations, and so on
Imagination
Creativity
Sensory skills
Logical skills
Increasing physical activity
Enhancing cognitive skills
Increasing focus and engagement
Boosting natural curiosity
Inviting conversation and collaboration
Developing higher levels of critical thinking and problem-solving.

Shapes Use loose parts to spark children’s creativity and innovation. Loose parts are so innovative that children can move, manipulate, control, and change within their play. Alluring and captivating, they capture children’s curiosity, give free rein to their imagination, and motivate learning. The hundreds of inspiring photographs showcase an array of loose parts in natural early childhood settings. And the overviews of concepts children can learn when using loose parts provide the foundation for incorporating loose parts into your teaching to enhance play and empower children. The possibilities are truly endless.

Mandala Loose Parts is similar to a Reggio-based learning approach and is not only a collection of useful materials but the setting up of provocations or setting the stage for the classroom to be a third teacher. The environment and Mandala loose parts help teach as they draw the children in who will want to know what is going on. The children are presented with some Mandala loose parts, a story or staging, and work to construct solutions to the presented problem. They engage in higher-level thinking, creativity, and the discovery of multiple possible solutions. The materials or loose parts may be reconfigured for new provocations, sorted, saved, and reorganized for other problem-solving activities. It is STEAM learning!

Mandala Loose parts play provides children of all ages and stages with an enabling environment full of interesting objects that support curiosity, creativity, imagination, and invention. With no prescribed method of play, children can assign their purpose and meaning to the objects they are playing with allowing them to explore, create and imagine in all the senses of those words.

When children interact with loose parts, they enter a world of “what if” that promotes the type of thinking that leads to problem-solving and theoretical reasoning. Loose parts enhance children’s ability to think imaginatively and see solutions, and they bring a sense of adventure and excitement to children’s play.

Loose parts play is open-ended, it spurs the development of lots of different skills: creative thinking, communication, exploration, critical thinking, self-confidence, and independence, just to name a few. Kids are naturally drawn to objects that encourage open-ended play.

Loose-parts play helps kids develop creative and critical thinking skills by encouraging them to use their imagination and experiment with new ideas freely. While Blodgett encourages loose parts to play to be child-directed, she also offers some prompts for parents looking to take the play further.

Spark your child’s curiosity by letting them take the lead and explore with loose parts. Then watch as your child reimagines items into time machines, musical instruments, new inventions, other-worldly creatures,s or whatever else their creativity comes up with.