Learning and Playing Outdoors
How to plan and create an inspiring outdoor environment
Published on 21. November 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-1-4081-9317-4 (ISBN)
Description
This is a follow up to 'Learning and Playing Indoors' and provides useful and detailed advice on setting up, developing and maintaining outdoor environments for babies, toddlers and pre-school children in day nurseries and children's centres but also in nursery, reception and year 1 classes. It features guidance on which spaces to develop and what to include in these spaces. It is fully in line with the requirements of the revised EYFS framework and helps to ensure improved outcomes for children in both the prime and specific areas of learning and development. Packed full of full colour photographs it will provide both down to earth advice and inspiration.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 210 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4081-9317-4 (9781408193174)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Terry has been a teacher representative on the Early Years Development Group at the Manchester Metropolitan University where he has contributed to conferences, seminars and workshops and a range of academic courses. He is an accredited assessor for the Early Years Professional Award and an experienced moderator for the Early Years Foundation Stage Profile. He has worked for a number of local authorities, private training providers and computer software publishing houses as a consultant, trainer and publisher. Part of this work has involved advising architects, planners, schools and children's centres on the design and development of outdoor grounds. ? ?Terry has led on the writing of a wide range of early years guidance materials for practitioners and regularly writes articles on early literacy for publications. He has contributed to a range of books, magazines, journals and training videos on the Early Years and enjoys a reputation for providing quality early years training and consultancy.
Content
CONTENTS
Introduction: The importance of outdoor learning
Chapter 1: Get them outdoors - meeting the requirements of the revised EYFS
Chapter 2: Good practice in outdoor provision
Chapter 3: Advice on provision to establish essential and desirable outcomes for:
* Babies outdoors
* Toddlers outdoors
* Rising threes and pre-school outdoors
* Nursery/reception classes outdoors
* Year 1 outdoors
Chapter 4: Planning, 0bservation and assessment
Chapter 5: The role of the adult including partnership with parents
Chapter 6:
Three case studies
* A private nursery outdoors
* A primary school outdoors
* Children's centre outdoors
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Introduction: The importance of outdoor learning
Chapter 1: Get them outdoors - meeting the requirements of the revised EYFS
Chapter 2: Good practice in outdoor provision
Chapter 3: Advice on provision to establish essential and desirable outcomes for:
? Babies outdoors
? Toddlers outdoors
? Rising threes and pre-school outdoors
? Nursery/reception classes outdoors
? Year 1 outdoors
Chapter 4: Planning, 0bservation and assessment
Chapter 5: The role of the adult including partnership with parents
Chapter 6:
Three case studies
? A private nursery outdoors
? A primary school outdoors
? Children's centre outdoors
? Yr1 outdoors
Introduction: The importance of outdoor learning
Chapter 1: Get them outdoors - meeting the requirements of the revised EYFS
Chapter 2: Good practice in outdoor provision
Chapter 3: Advice on provision to establish essential and desirable outcomes for:
* Babies outdoors
* Toddlers outdoors
* Rising threes and pre-school outdoors
* Nursery/reception classes outdoors
* Year 1 outdoors
Chapter 4: Planning, 0bservation and assessment
Chapter 5: The role of the adult including partnership with parents
Chapter 6:
Three case studies
* A private nursery outdoors
* A primary school outdoors
* Children's centre outdoors
Normal 0 0 1 91 523 4 1 642 11.1282 0 0 0 CONTENTS
Introduction: The importance of outdoor learning
Chapter 1: Get them outdoors - meeting the requirements of the revised EYFS
Chapter 2: Good practice in outdoor provision
Chapter 3: Advice on provision to establish essential and desirable outcomes for:
? Babies outdoors
? Toddlers outdoors
? Rising threes and pre-school outdoors
? Nursery/reception classes outdoors
? Year 1 outdoors
Chapter 4: Planning, 0bservation and assessment
Chapter 5: The role of the adult including partnership with parents
Chapter 6:
Three case studies
? A private nursery outdoors
? A primary school outdoors
? Children's centre outdoors
? Yr1 outdoors