Early Years Literacy and Maths activities outdoors
The Dumfries and Galloway OWL group have recently published two new resources: Taking Literacy Outdoors with Your Child and Taking Maths Outdoors with your Child. In these resources, activities and ideas have been brought together for early years settings, parents and carers of children to inspire and help develop literacy and maths skills [...]
The Early Years Outdoors
School Outdoor Learning share this useful blog post full of ideas and encouragement for Early Years outdoor learning at nursery or school.
The relationship between residential greenspace and childhood bone health
Greenspace Scotland’s April bulletin has included this item in its research round up: Early-life exposure to residential greenspace associated with increased childhood bone health, Belgium
Keeping children safe – including outdoors and on outings
The Care Inspectorate have described how practitioners have been exploring ways of incorporating SIMOA the elephant into their learning about safety. They have published a bitesize session to be used alongside our SIMOA keeping children safe practice notes. You can watch this bitesize here.
Slow Pedagogy: How to be ‘slow’ outdoors
Alison Clark explores ‘slow pedagogy’ in this Nursery World article (24 October 2024). What does this looks like for children and practitioners when taken outdoors?
Playgroups are struggling to survive – here’s why we need them
This article in The Conversation (12 October 2023) shares research on the value of playgroups, and the links to families and communities. It also references the move by some to outdoor practice, like the Scottish Buggy Club, and national policy initiatives for families and communities.
Building Pedagogies for Early Childhood Education in a Time of Environmental Uncertainty
This research paper (Jørgensen-Vittersø, Blenkinsop, Heggen, & Neegaard) is published in the 135th Canadian Journal of Environmental Education Vol. 25 (2022): Wild Pedagogies . The article explores two pedagogies, one influenced by friluftsliv and the other wild pedagogies. The theoretical section focuses on three key components: childhood, knowledge, and nature. These [...]
Out to Play – caring for our outdoor spaces
It’s an exciting time for ELC and outdoor learning in Scotland! Good news - the Early Learning and Childcare Directorate have published Out to Play - caring for our outdoor spaces (3 October 2023). This is part of the Out to Play guidance series, that aims to support Early Learning [...]
