Outdoor Learning Through the Seasons: An Essential Guide for the Early Years

ISBN-13: 9780367218980 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 220 str.

Ann Watts

Opis

Outdoor Learning through the Seasons shows how we can encourage young children to engage with nature on a daily basis throughout the year. This new edition has been updated to include references to recent research, new material on Forest Schools, discussion questions for practitioners and in-depth case studies of learning in action.

Spis treści

Introduction  Part One: Outdoor learning and the Early Years Foundation Stage  1. Creating an Enabling Environment Outdoors: EYFS: The Seven Areas of Learning  2. Creating an Enabling Environment Outdoors: EYFS Characteristics of Effective Learning  3. EYFS: Creating an Enabling Environment Outdoors - Design, Layout and Planting  4. EYFS: Working in partnership with parents  Part Two: The four seasons  5. Spring  6. Summer  7. Autumn  8. Winter  Part Three: The four elements  9. Earth  10. Air  11. Water  12. Fire  Conclusion  Bibliography

O autorze

Ann Watts is an early years consultant with a particular focus on working outdoors. She has had two nursery headships and also worked as an Early Years Adviser. Her previous publications include Every Nursery Needs a Garden (Routledge 2011), Exploring Poetry with Young Children (Routledge 2017) and co-author of Developing Creativity and Curiosity Outdoors (Routledge 2019).