Support Children's Outdoor Play
Click to watch ‘Nature's Way Preschool outdoor play area’ produced by Ben Eldredge. This may be on a larger scale then you have available, but there are some great ideas here.
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Effective practice: Outdoor Learning’ produced for the Early Years Foundation Stage
- ‘Physical activity guidelines for children (under five years)’ from NHS choices
- ‘The importance of outdoor play for children’ webpage on the Community Play Things website
- ‘Inspiring outdoor play spaces' on the Imagination Tree website
- ‘What is a forest school?’ webpage on the Association of Forest Schools website
- ‘Resources and training’ webpage on the Learning through Landscapes website
- ‘Three-quarters of UK children spend less time outdoors than prison inmates – survey’ webpage on The Guardian website
- ‘Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage’ by the Department for Education
- ‘Managing risk in play provision' by Play England
- Resources and training’ webpage on the Learning through Landscapes website
- Find and read the health and safety policies and procedures for outdoor play at your setting. You should also be sure to research the paediatric first aid requirements for the country you work in, and any changes to national guidance in this area.
- ‘A commitment by nursery managers to outdoor play is essential for early years development' on the Day Nurseries website
- Presentation
- Click to launch this lesson’s first presentation on ‘Outdoor play’.
- Click to launch this lesson’s second presentation on ‘Children managing risk’.
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- ‘Effective practice: Keeping safe’. This document was included as part of the EYFS 2008 resources and although the areas of learning and development were changed in 2012, the safety information remains as relevant today as it was then.
- Click on the icon to the left to read the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) leaflet '5 steps to risk assessment'. This is a short but clear leaflet explaining risk assessment.
- Click to read 'What young children can learn from painting outdoors' on the Teach Early Years website
- Click to read 'Three ways to encourage early learning outdoors' on the Teach Early Years website.
- Click to read a guide to 'Loose parts play' by Play Scotland. Loose parts play can start indoors and broaden out into the garden, playground, and park. There are lots of loose parts that can be found in the natural environment that are free and easily accessible, such as leaves, twigs, stones, shells, etc.
- Click to read a guide by Infinite Playgrounds to developing mud kitchens in playgrounds and why mud is really essential for children’s play.
- Think And Challenge
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