In Reception, Art and Design is taught as an integral part of topic work and is embedded throughout the curriculum. Children have opportunities to use and explore a variety of resources, techniques and equipment in 2- and 3-dimensions, making choices and decisions throughout the creative process. They are taught to manipulate a range of equipment and tools and to use resources purposefully, expressing real life experiences or imagined ideas. Through continuous provision of materials, as well as adult-led projects linked to topics or artists, children: 

• explore colour, texture, shape and patterns.  
• develop hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.  
• develop mathematical language e.g. position, size, shape, comparisons.  
• develop their own ideas over a period of time.  
• talk through their ideas.