Feb 26, 2023 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
Many years ago years ago, I started blogging about accessories that make a difference to facilitating learning and play outdoors. I was participating in a twilight workshop and one of the participants made a sage comment along the lines of being perfectly comfortable...
Jan 31, 2023 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
This is an incredibly simply activity to kickstart a whole school approach to developing your school grounds or simply for one class to think about their outdoor space. It also makes a refreshing, purposeful addition to other Valentine’s Day happenings. 1....
Jan 23, 2023 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
Some practitioners work in settings and schools where they cannot leave equipment out overnight. Usually storage space is pretty tight too. Thus I wanted to look at ways of creating simple, portable water walls which children could create themselves. Many years ago I...
Jan 22, 2023 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors
It’s easy to browse Pinterest and “ooh” and “ah” over the amazing photos that you see of outdoor features in early years settings which seem so with- it compared to yours. This post is from a lovely nursery that I worked with several...
Nov 28, 2022 | Early Years Outdoors, Health & Wellbeing, Nature Play & Learning, Play Resources
Many years ago I remember providing a presentation about outdoor play to a large group of early years practitioners. At one point a collective gasp of shock and then lots of muttering happened because I showed a photo of children playing in an icy outdoor space. The...