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Your Assignment Module Number and Heading: CHCFC505A Foster Cognitive development in early childhood
Your Assignment Type: Standard Question
Currently Working in Childcare? Yes
Your knowledge: Basic Knowledge

Your Question?
Resource Kit
required to collect a minimum of 20 developmentally appropriate items- suitable for use with children to promote their thinking and problem solving skills in the areas of maths, science, technology and the environment. the items should encourage the children to participate in learning expereinces related to these areas.

What is your answer so far or What have you done so far as an attempt to solve this question?
i have no ideas about any types of resources i could use any ideas would be muchly appreaciated really struggling

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What age group?

It didn't say a specific age group guessing children 2-5 years

I would think being cognitive things for counting, sorting, matching ,labelling, measuring, estimating e.t.c

Coloured teddies, counters and really anything that can be sorted,matched and weighed.
Scales, different sized containers ,plastic fruit, veggies ,boxes,... All these items you can introduce concepts like size, weight, colour e.t.c.
Containers with food colour to catch rain.... Estimating how long it takes to fill? What will happen if it rains heavy etc.
Really let your imagination guide you.

Does that sound right?

Hope helps a little

For science you could have magnifying glasses, magnets, items from nature, ice etc.
Look at things they could use their senses for (smell/tough/taste etc.)
technology could be calculators, play phones, play shop tills etc.
Nature could be lots, different textures of sand, leaves, pebbles, shells etc.