3 Digital Photography Projects for Early Years

If you have access to iPads or digital cameras in your setting, your children can become great photographers no matter how young they are! Digital technology makes photography easily accessible for young children. Using a tablet, cameraphone or digital camera they can capture their unique world view and share it with others. Photography is an excellent way to build children’s digital and visual literacy skills and their ability to express themselves.

This resource bundle contains three digital photography projects for Early Years that each introduce one big idea of photography.

Animal Perspectives: Learning about camera angles

Shadow Shots: Learning about framing

Puddle Pictures: Learning about focus

The bundle includes detailed teacher notes giving clear guidelines for how to take an inquiry-based approach to the projects, suggestions for documenting the process and displaying work and curriculum links for EYFS and IBPYP.

A note on ages:
The age range given is only a suggestion. Particularly if children haven’t had much experience of photography, this Early Years project could easily be used for older children.