Let’s Go Outside!

Let’s Go Outside!

by | 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...
Are they Learning Centres or Discovery Spaces?

Are they Learning Centres or Discovery Spaces?

by | 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...
Mirror, Mirror, Beyond the Wall

Mirror, Mirror, Beyond the Wall

by | 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...
Finding Our Roots and Connections

Finding Our Roots and Connections

by | 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...