Laser Lessons - Lesson

Be able to create an enabling play environment which meets the age, stage and needs of children

Carry out an internet search, using Google or any other search engine you prefer, and find 3 useful websites of your own that provide useful information about how and why childcare practitioners should create stimulating environments for children

Table of Contents

Tutorial Video
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

‘Indoor and outdoor environments'
‘My space: Creating enabling environments for young children’ by SureStart
‘Creating indoor environments for young children’ webpage on the Community Playthings website

Presentation

Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Characteristics of an enabling indoor play environment'
Click on the icon to the left to launch this lesson's presentation on 'Characteristics of an enabling outdoor play environment'

Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Read ‘The difference between outdoor learning and forest schools’ from the Forest Schools website and consider how the practitioners create an environment that meets the age, stage and needs of the children.
Click on the icon to the left to look at this online presentation from the Freeplay Network, which gives examples of great outdoor play areas as well as their underlying design principles. The examples show how design of the outdoor area can help to support children’s physical play and exercise.
Click on the icon to the left to find out about the Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS) method for measuring the quality of outdoor environments and read about how to create a high quality outdoor space:
Carry out an internet search, using Google or any other search engine you prefer, and find 3 useful websites of your own that provide useful information about how and why childcare practitioners should create stimulating environments for children

Extended Learning

Click on the video above to view the jungle-themed 'Room to Learn' created by The Childcare Company for the Childcare and Nursery Show 2008 at the Bournemouth International Centre
Click on the video above to view the space-themed 'Space to Learn' created by The Childcare Company for the Childcare and Nursery Show 2009 at Olympia.

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