by Beverlie Dietze | Jul 13, 2026 | Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
More Than Just a Tray — A Year-Round Place for Exploration and Discovery Walk into any early learning program where children thrive, and you’re likely to spot one: a humble, low-sided tray filled with sand, fabric, leaves, water, or perhaps a miniature arctic scene...
by Beverlie Dietze | Nov 1, 2023 | Beyond the Fence, Play Ideas
Early childhood education is a critical phase in a child’s development, laying the foundation for future dispositions, sense of curiosity, one’s ability and desire to try new ideas and in making connections to people, places, the land, and with species that...
by Beverlie Dietze | Aug 20, 2023 | Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
A few years ago, I wrote an article in our Play Outdoors: Exploring Outdoor Experiences in the Early Years magazine about the importance of children having cameras available to use in their outdoor environments. As educators prepare to welcome children into their...
by Beverlie Dietze | Aug 5, 2023 | Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
Are you ready for International Dot Day on September 15, 2023? International Dot Day is one that is very dear to my heart. A few years ago, when I was spending time in the summer with my sister, who was a kindergarten teacher at the time, we explored how she could...
by Beverlie Dietze | May 29, 2023 | Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
A tree house, a free house,A secret you and me house,A high up in the leafy branchesCozy as can be house.A street house, a neat house,Be sure to wipe your feet houseIs not my kind of house at all –Let’s go live in a tree house. ― Shel Silverstein, Where...
