Effective practice outdoors involves providing opportunities for children in meaningful, engaging
experiences that support their development in all areas of the curriculum.
This will include opportunities
for children to:
- be excited, energetic, adventurous, noisy, messy;
- talk, listen, interact, make friends;
- imagine, dream, invent, fantasise;
- create, invent, construct, deconstruct;
- investigate, explore, discover, experiment with their own ideas and theories;
- make sounds and music, express ideas and feelings;
- find patterns, make marks, explore different media and materials;
- investigate concepts and ideas;
- be active, run, climb, pedal, jump, throw;
- dig, grow, nurture, cultivate;
- hide, relax, find calm, reflect;
- have responsibility, be independent, collaborate with others.