If you work in a UK primary or nursery setting, then you are in luck. Your establishment should have received the brand new second edition of the Cosy Catalogue. This is exciting enough in itself as it's full of lots of loose parts and open-ended resources. There should also be a free A3 poster "Everybody Needs a Stone". This was a collaborative effort between Cosy and Creative STAR.

Stones are special to me. I am lousy on the identification front and always have been. But I like the idea, that one can hold a lump of desert sandstone and imagine the time when Scotland was situated around where the Saraha now lies, 270 million years ago. Stones make me realise what little wisps of time and spirit we actually are in the whole of everything. There is something inherently solid, connecting and evocative about stones. Everybody Needs a Stone.

Please phone 01332 987005 for a catalogue you can't find it in your school or setting.