by Play Outdoors | Dec 22, 2022 | Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
Winter often gets a bad rap where I live! Because of the cooler temperatures and icy winds and frozen precipitation, most days children are restricted to indoor play. During the spring and summer, children have many opportunities to become familiar with their...
by Play Outdoors | Oct 22, 2022 | Outdoor Play
It has long been recognized that children who are curious experiment with ideas and materials in their environment, resulting in innovation and learning in various ways. A child’s brain development is influenced by the types of play and experiences that they are...
by Play Outdoors | Jun 23, 2021 | Beyond the Fence
Loris Malaguzzi has challenged educators to provide children with environments that offer them opportunities to exercise their curiosity in a variety of places and with an array of materials. Malaguzzi identified that “Our task, regarding creativity, is to help...
by Play Outdoors | Apr 19, 2021 | Beyond the Fence, Outdoor Play, Play Ideas
How children see their space and place is always intriguing to me. Recently, as I was walking in my neighbourhood, I stopped to observe two children who were about four years of age, exploring a pile of rocks that were adjacent to a path just outside of the family...
by Play Outdoors | Mar 4, 2021 | Outdoor Play
Examining our Outdoor Pedagogy and Philosophy Values and Beliefs There are many perspectives in the literature and in practice on the meaning of the term play-based programming and learning. How early learning professionals define play-based influences what they...
