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A variety of materials can be provided to children so that they can engage in small world/projective play. This can include but is not limited to; people, fantasy people and creatures, animals (farm, ocean, jungle, Australian, African, pets), dinosaurs etc. use of natural materials such as sticks, rocks, leaves, branches etc. doll houses and furniture, Lego... the opportunities are endless and are only limited by the children's play decisions.

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Sand tray
small rocks
miniature food and cooking
wooden dolls
fairy garden
construction site
bug and insects
water play with small animal
tea party
making a garden
natural grasses, rocks, sticks
lego

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I realize that Lego might be considered a specialty within this field. However,
I worked with a child that had been exposed to trauma who would create his own world with Lego, and when you were accepted, he would ask you to play. I asked the rules and he issued little men and described what different things were, a lot of detail went into it, in fact it looked like a physical representation of 'fortnight' or something like that. He would constantly change the rules (especially if things didn't go so well for his half of the lego board). But that was the point he had control. He and others worked so hard to build the model.  As the game progressed sometimes the model broke down and that was OK, for me, but the game would stop and the model was repaired. Sometimes when dysregulated the scene would end up in a million pieces, rupture and repair, another opportunity to connect with the child.
I noticed as we worked together and I introduced new carer's to play with him, that eventually, when he was ready, the rebuild would not be the same scenario.
I think we went through three different scenes before he went home. He was a great kid and had a positive outcome. But at the time I suspected they represented his changing worlds. I'd still loose despite my best efforts, but then I am old!

Kind regards
Tony

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I really like the idea of using a combination of natural and made resources for small world play, for example, water/ sand/ dirt/ bark/ leaves/ seed pods/ sticks etc and using a mixture of fabrics and wooden or plastic items to set the scene. Have baskets of different characters and objects for the child to create their "world" and tell their story.

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- Lego ( I use Lego movie to create stop motion videos of stories - very powerful )
- I use calico dolls in my practice when preparing children for IV Cannula's and it a great way to attune and build rapport and trust prior to educating and supporting a child.
- water tray with a variety of miniatures and sensory items like pom poms.
- Rock people
- Scene table (like a Thomas the train one where children can play out stories)
- Scene mat with floor tray using minatures
- Wooden models (I use these to teach children about MRI, Fluoroscopy and CT scans)

Lots of ideas and so much fun!

Carlie

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Fairy gardens are a "big" hit at our place at the moment...

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Again - great ideas everyone!!! Loving getting ideas from all of these suggestions...
Some more ideas:
-Fairy garden
- Gum nut people/creatures
- rock animals (painted rocks)
- dolls house with miniatures and furniture
- Connetix (magnetic tiles) - making castles, houses, car garages, etc.

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We use shoe boxes filled with different objects from different blocks, pieces of calico, cardboard rolls, wooden peg, and rocks. We choose things that can potentially be anything to encourage children to use their imaginations and to also encourage object substitution.

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Using toys such as:
- soft toys
- dolls
- Barbies
- animal/dinosaur figurines

Creating small worlds out of:
- cardboard boxes
- dolls house
- sand/kinetic sand
- blocks/Lego

Small worlds can be created in different environments e.g. park, backyard, sand pit, beach, pool, bath, bedroom etc.

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-rice station with small figure fairy garden set up: mushrooms, rocks, sticks, peoples, feathers, flowers, leaves ect.
-Play dough with mini farm animals.
-Mud kitchen with nature resources ie: rocks, leaves, flowers, dirt, grass.
- water play with miniature sea animals, shells, sand ect.
- playing out in nature and creating different scenes with mini doll house figures.
- squishies.
- blocks
-Lego
-My eldest daughter loves creating many a different scenes with her LOL doll collection, and incorporating this with her barbies and wooden small figure toys. The home is usually a basket that she turns on its side and then fills and decorates.

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You could basically use a lot of things to describe and express feelings:
- Puppets.
- Hand figurines.
- Dolls.
- Barbies.
- Wooden models.
- Interactive whiteboard with figures.
- Self Shadows.

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We do a lot of small world play at kindergarten, including things like:

A fairy garden
Different doll’s house and lots of different dolls, including wooden, plastic and felt, with different skin tones and physical abilities
We have sand and water trays which we use with marine animals, dinosaurs, jungle, safari, zoo and farm animals. Incorporating as much nature as possible with tan bark, rocks/stones, leaves, twigs etc
We also use mini transport vehicles with these trays
We have mini birds, insects, reptiles, and various book/prop sets which we use for imaginative storytelling.