1st Edition
Play Out How to develop your outside space for learning and play
By Learning through Landscapes
Copyright 2014
164 Pages
41 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
41 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Do you know how to manage physical risks and encourage children to go out and test their own boundaries without fear or failure? How can you create a stimulating outdoor area that offers irresistible learning opportunities for young children? Does your outdoor learning environment support young children’s emerging life skills of confidence, perseverance, creativity, decision making and... Read more
Introduction A Quick Tour of PlayOut PART 1 1. First Steps Making the Case – Benefits for Children 2. Making the Case – Benefits for the Whole Setting and Beyond 3.Overcoming Barriers 4. Getting Everyone Involved 5. Finding Professional Help 6. Managing Your Project 7. Keeping Everyone Involved and Informed 8. Measuring success PART 2 9. The Process of Change 10. The Importance of Planning 11. Where are we now? 12. Where do we want to be? 13. How can we get there? 14. Making the Changes PART 3 15. Deciding on Design Elements 16. Up, Down and Side-to-Side 17. Nature and the Elements 18. Designing in Appropriate Challenges 19. Inclusion and the Outdoors PART 4 20. Resources 21. Case studies 22. Tools 23. Directory ? ? ?
Biography
Learning through Landscapes (LTL) is the UK's national school grounds charity. LTL works with schools and early years settings, helping them to maximise the potential of their outdoor spaces for learning, play and wellbeing. .
"This is a wonderfully inspiring photo-illustrated book that gives you great ideas even if you simply casually flick through it - we all love books like that! Inspired in seconds, feeling 'Oh that's a good idea, so easy, so simple, so cheap and not taking up much time, why didn't I think of that?'" - Martine Horvath, eye magazine
