Early Years

Learning though growing projects.

A chart showing how exploration of the outdoor environment and real experiences of growing things outdoors supports all six areas of learning within the Early Years Foundation Stage.

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Other resources

Association of Play Industries Website of the trade association for manufacturers of play equipment. Includes members’ directory and archive of relevant magazine articles that includes lots of health and safety information.
www.api-play.org

Bulb planting How children at Bents Green Pre-school helped to plant bulbs in their garden, encouraging them to work as a team and to use mathematical language.
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Enabling environments Article about one teacher's experience of taking her early-years group out to local places of interest all year round.
www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/login/775622

Growing beans Introducing children to the concept of planting beans and watching them grow
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Outdoor play: Babes in the woods (and everywhere else) Article summarizing the benefits of learning outdoors for small children.
www.cypnow.co.uk/archive

Plan for outdoor learning From using tools safely to experimenting with movement, this plan helps to introduce children to working outdoors, using imagination and creativity.
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