Design and Technology is packed with flexible ideas for developing early understanding and igniting curiosity in various areas of learning. Activities across twenty-nine themes can be tailored to meet the needs and interests of every child and support progress towards attaining the knowledge and skills required by the Early Learning Goals. - Clear learning intentions for each activity enable effective planning of experiences. - Suggestions for involving parents with Home Links to extend the learning themes. - Links to different areas of learning through a variety of topics. - Photographs of real children"s work to illustrate potential learning outcomes of the activities.