Outdoor Play for Healthy Little Minds: Practical Ideas to Promote Children's Wellbeing in the Early Years

ISBN-13: 9780367683436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 160 str.

Sarah Watkins

Opis

This essential resource is designed to help busy early years practitioners to support the mental health of young children through outdoor play. Full of practical advice and strategies, it is an indispensable tool for early years practitioners, reception teachers and childminders as they facilitate outdoor play.

Spis treści

Foreword  Introduction  Green is Good  Beneficial Spaces  The Wellbeing Laboratory  Dare to Play  Relationships Matter  Honesty and Love  End Notes

O autorze

Sarah Watkins is a Reception teacher and Forest School leader who is passionate about the positive impact of outdoor play on children’s wellbeing. Sarah’s memories of an outdoor, play-filled childhood inform her teaching ethos, and, as Head of School, Sarah knew the location of all the best hiding places, as it was the primary school she attended as a child! Before teaching, Sarah worked as an Arts Officer, and also managed projects for a national media charity, giving a platform to unheard voices. Sarah is a Specialist Leader in Education and university tutor who regularly speaks at educational events.