Open ended activities are good, they are the ones that have the most opportunity for learning and development - what the curriculum aims to support. They invite self motivated participation from children & adults, are flexible, easily accessible, and can the take minimal maintenance, organisation and planning.
Balls, bats, bikes, wheelbarrows, spinning tops, dress up, containers such as bags & purses, pots, cups, bottles, buckets, jugs. Blocks,
mark making tools -
is a thread of ideas & restricted direction eg: crayons/digging spades/forks/pencils/paintbrushes. Connective activities - interlocking bricks, jigsaws. Messy play mediums - soil, sand, leaves, sawdust, dough, paint, glue, water - although clean up is an extra for these. Food. Resources with lettering, text, symbols, numerals ..
In relation to PILES - Physical, intellectual, language, emotional & social are you able to see what activities your setting provides and how they fulfil the needs of your children from your individual understanding?
Hth xx