Role play is fantastic for development in so many areas of the EYFS including communication and language, personal, social and emotional and understanding the world. Commonly the role play area involves a home corner with a play kitchen furniture, plastic or wooden food and cooking accessories such as pots, pans and plates. These are based on many of the typical home experiences children will have and allows them to explore their own cultures, however, there are many exciting things that the role play corner can become. By changing the home corner into something else, it can allow children to extend their learning and understanding of many different aspects of society, occupations and culture. This half term in Year R we decided to enhance our outdoor role play area to fit our new Topic of Space so we turned it into a spectacular space station. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this new experience and are learning so much in the process.