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Shells – 10 ideas

Jun 4, 2016 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

To find a seashell is to discover a world of imagination – Michelle Held One of the best things about going to the sea can be finding shells. Some beaches, especially coral ones are littered with a myriad of shells. Others, it is more of a challenge to find even...

The Affordance of the Big Steps

Feb 8, 2014 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

One of the main reasons to visit a beach or greenspace site is to have different experiences to those at school or nursery. What has particularly interested me, has been the ways in which the environment itself has provided innate differences but also how the...

Creating Shelter by Trial and Error

Jan 21, 2014 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces

Most of the time when I am out and about with children, shelter is not a priority simply because I work in school grounds where the classroom is easily accessible. However when working off-site for prolonged periods of time, the need for warmth and shelter goes up my...

Building Confidence on a Concrete Slope

Jan 11, 2014 | Early Years Outdoors, Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play & Learning

My beliefs and principles are often tested by outdoor experiences. I would like to be able to tell you that by now, I’ve got the systems sussed and my approach sorted. Only it doesn’t seem to work like that. Every group of children is different. Every...

The Urban Beach Visits

Nov 27, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

We tend not to associate urban areas with wildspace. Places where children have the opportunity to connect with nature in their own way. Yet in the heart of Aberdeen lies a tiny beach which does just that. It is becoming quietly famous in its own way because it...