1st Edition
Elemental Play and Outdoor Learning Young children's playful connections with people, places and things
By Annie Woods
Copyright 2017
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
166 Pages
by
Routledge
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Providing a fresh approach to examining development in the early years, this book draws together well-established ideas and theories based on outdoor play experiences and connects them to spiritual development in children.
Elemental Play and Outdoor Learning considers socio-cultural perspectives, guided participation and mediated learning alongside playfulness as it looks at young children’s... Read more
Foreword: Debbie Ryder 1. Elemental Play: more than sand and water 2. Playing with people 3. Exploring the outdoor world with others 4. Awe and wonder 5. Being in one’s element 6. The magic chocolate pit 7. Playing with things: children’s ideas and projects 8. Playing naturally: outdoors and inside 9. Natural play connections
Biography
Annie Woods is a former Senior Lecturer in Early Years at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
