Dec 16, 2022 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
When snow arrives it is time to celebrate this unique opportunity for outdoor play and learning. This is a guest post from Frode Svane. He is both an architect and a pedagog, working with projects for parks, public places, schoolyards and kindergardens in Norway. He...
Jun 14, 2016 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
This is another long overdue blog post. I think I’ve been stopped in my tracks previously as Kierna Corr from Learning for Life has blogged so wonderfully about her milk crates that really there wasn’t much else left to say on the matter 🙂 Anyway, this...
Mar 19, 2016 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Recently I had the opportunity to visit Cramond Primary School, on the outskirts of Edinburgh. I had heard rumours that the Cramond Primary School: A Play Landscape Redevelopment of the school grounds were much bolder and more in line with those seen in other European...
Apr 16, 2013 | Community Involvement, Nature Play & Learning
You know you are going somewhere good when all you can hear is children laughing and other happy sounds coming out of a woodland. This was my introduction to Broxburn Family Centre’s Out of School Care. For more than a week of the Easter holidays, they have...
Oct 12, 2012 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
The day I visited the Kate Greenway Nursery was also the day I visited Glamis Adventure Playground which also goes by the name of The Shadwell Community Project. I’m still digesting the experience. It was the playground equivalent of being given a Michelin...