Exploring Outdoors Ages 3-11
Exploring Outdoors Ages 3-11

Author: Helen Bilton

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-22

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 1317602358

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Exploring Outdoors Ages 3-11 is an essential guide on how to encourage children’s learning and support their development through year-round outdoor exploration. It follows one primary school through an entire academic year, capturing the challenges, discoveries and joys of children and adults co-exploring outdoors together. This unique book covers all aspects of outdoor practice from setting up and maintaining an outdoor site to the boundaries, support and effective communication that will help to create a safe and happy environment. It traces each term of the year and focuses on the importance of role play and imaginative learning, planning activities for all weather conditions and how the National Curriculum can be applied to outdoor exploring. Features include: Step-by-step guides on how to set up an outdoor site Advice on how to observe and record children’s learning and development outdoors Real-life case studies of children exploring outdoors from EYFS through to the end of Key Stage 2 Over 100 full photographs to illustrate how outdoor exploring can encourage children’s learning and development Practical tips and ideas for outdoor activities throughout the year An eResource with useful checklists, templates and pro-forma available to download Exploring Outdoors Ages 3-11 is essential reading for all those passionate about working outside who want to build confidence and develop their ability to co-explore with children.

50 Things to Do Before You're 11 3/4: An Outdoor Adventure Handbook
50 Things to Do Before You're 11 3/4: An Outdoor Adventure Handbook

Author: Nosy Crow

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2018-04-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0763693375

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This inspiring and fun-filled guide is bursting with ideas to help kids discover the great outdoors. Let’s go outside! This inspiring and fun-filled guide is bursting with ideas to help kids discover the great outdoors and get closer to nature. The pocket-size companion contains fifty fantastic activities and is full of handy tips, nature facts, and activity checklists. It’s the perfect nature journal, with lots of space for notes, photos, leaves, doodles, and more—and rainy day activities ensure that no day is a washout.

Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book
Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book

Author: Stacy Tornio

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 0762793171

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Nature is a destination, but you don’t have to travel anywhere to find it. Just open the door and step outside. A fun, hands on approach to getting involved in nature, The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book is a year-round how-to activity guidebook for getting kids outdoors and exploring nature, be it catching fireflies in the cool summer evenings; making birdfeeders in the fall from peanut butter, pine cones, and seed; building a snowman in 3 feet of fresh winter snow; or playing duck, duck, goose with friends in a meadow on a warm spring day. The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book includes 448 things to do in nature for kids of all ages--more than one activity for every single day of the year. Each of the year's four seasons includes fifty checklist items, fifty challenge items, three each of projects, destinations, garden recipes, and outdoor games. Throughout the book, you'll also find fascinating facts, useful tips and tricks, and plenty of additional resources to turn to. Complete with whimsical, vibrant illustrations, this book is a must for parents and their kids.

The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book
The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book

Author: Ken Keffer

Publisher: FalconGuides

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780762783526

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Nature is a destination, but you don’t have to travel anywhere to find it. Just open the door and step outside. A fun, hands on approach to getting involved in nature, The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book is a year-round how-to activity guidebook for getting kids outdoors and exploring nature, be it catching fireflies in the cool summer evenings; making birdfeeders in the fall from peanut butter, pine cones, and seed; building a snowman in 3 feet of fresh winter snow; or playing duck, duck, goose with friends in a meadow on a warm spring day. The Kids' Outdoor Adventure Book includes 448 things to do in nature for kids of all ages--more than one activity for every single day of the year. Each of the year's four seasons includes fifty checklist items, fifty challenge items, three each of projects, destinations, garden recipes, and outdoor games. Throughout the book, you'll also find fascinating facts, useful tips and tricks, and plenty of additional resources to turn to. Complete with whimsical, vibrant illustrations, this book is a must for parents and their kids.

The Kids' Guide to Nature Adventures
The Kids' Guide to Nature Adventures

Author: Joe Rhatigan

Publisher: Lark Books (NC)

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781579903732

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Provides ideas for exploring nature to learn the answers to such questions as when a chrysalis will open, why a wolf howls, or how the tide goes out, and gives advice about equipment and safety.

Taking the First Steps Outside
Taking the First Steps Outside

Author: Helen Bilton

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2016-11-10

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1317418492

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Can one be too young to play outside? This unique and compelling book charts the experiences of a group of under-three-year-olds as they explore their natural outdoor environment, followed by caring and attentive adults. It deconstructs the myths that underestimate under threes and celebrates the importance of connecting children with the natural world and the influence of positive relationships in this early stage of life. Taking the First Steps Outside draws on all aspects of working outdoors, focusing on different steps of the project, main achievements and obstacles, implemented strategies and benefits for the development of young children. Features include: Stunning photographs of children exploring the outdoor environment, who are interested, thoughtful, persistent and successful Detailed descriptions of real events, illustrating how the outdoor space can be an educational context for under threes Insight into the role of the adult, as they observe and reflect upon children’s learning Advice on choosing the right resources and facilities to create a good outdoor learning environment for the young child Advice about risky play and promoting challenging and positive opportunities in the natural environment Guidance on how to set up an outdoor project for children under three Written to support all students, teachers, practitioners and managers working with under threes, this essential guide will help you to develop your knowledge, build confidence and gain the ability to co-explore outdoors with children.

Growing Up WILD
Growing Up WILD

Author: Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780615823348

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Making Play Just Right: Unleashing the Power of Play in Occupational Therapy
Making Play Just Right: Unleashing the Power of Play in Occupational Therapy

Author: Heather Kuhaneck

Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning

Published: 2022-05-19

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1284262901

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At the heart of Making Play Just Right: Unleashing the Power of Play in Occupational Therapy is the belief that the most effective way to ensure pediatric occupational therapy is through incorporating play. The Second Edition is a unique resource on pediatric activity and therapy analysis for occupational therapists and students. This text provides the background, history, evidence, and general knowledge needed to use a playful approach to pediatric occupational therapy, as well as the specific examples and recommendations needed to help therapists adopt these strategies.

The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3–7
The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3–7

Author: Karen Constable

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-08

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1351388177

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The outdoor environment is an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3-7 offers guidance on how the outdoors can be used to teach and challenge children across a range of settings by drawing on forest school practice. Following a month-by-month format, it explores theme-related play experiences, planning, evaluations of how the ideas described were carried out and what impact they had on children's learning and development. This fully updated second edition includes: over 150 new full-colour photographs to illustrate practice activities and objectives for both early years and KS1, including links to indoor play discussion and support for those working with children with special educational needs detailed information on the role of the adult and of the environment sections covering health and safety guidelines and specific risk assessment in all chapters Written by a leading authority on forest school practice, this book aims to inspire and help practitioners make the most of the outdoor environment all year round.