Healthy, Active and Outside!: Running an Outdoors Programme in the Early Years

ISBN-13: 9781138149649 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 192 str.

Janice Filer

Opis

It is widely acknowledged that kids today do not get outdoors often enough and there are serious concerns about children's activity levels and rising associated behavioural, mental and health problems. This book supports outdoors play as an important part of children’s natural growth and development, and provides early years workers with a full programme of outdoor physical activities to promote physical, social and behavioural skills.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. What the Research Tells Us  3. Creating the Outdoor Environment  4. Safety for Healthy Outdoor Learning  5. Moving Outdoors  6. Theory into Practice  7. Assessing Children Outdoors  8. Final Goodbyes  9. Conclusion

O autorze

Dr Janice Filer currently works as both an LEA officer for a crèche unit for vulnerable families (funded by the Children's Fund) and as a Behaviour Support Teacher. She is qualified as a secondary PE teacher, a nursery teacher, a SENCO, and has a PhD in Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences. She has written three books for teachers working with young children on the themes of Outdoor Play, Dance and Movement and a book about Autumn activities, published by Scholastic.