20+ Christmas Outdoor Experiences for Early Years and Primary
Creative STAR Learning shares a few outdoor learning and play suggestions (6 November 2022) – simple but great fun and great learning!
Using tools with early years outdoors – Hedgehog Activity
Develop young children’s skills with simple tools and woodwork. Muddy Faces share this hedgehog activity.
More kindergarten, less school for Scotland’s young children?
This TES article explores the issues of delaying school start to extend the play based pedagogy for young children, and the implications for the staff resource. Children in Scotland shared the link in their latest news bulletin: ‘Kindergarten stage’ in Scotland: what must happen to make it work TES Scotland [...]
Guidance: keeping young children safe on trips and outings
The Care Inspectorate have developed a practice note to support ELC staff to keep children safe on trips and outings while ensuring they still have opportunities to be curious and develop their learning. See Keeping children safe: supporting trips and outings in early learning and childcare (ELC)
Forest Kindergarten subsidiary courses: Fire and Tools – new training dates available + more
These courses are being offered in various locations around Scotland. Dates, locations and booking details are as follows: Abriachan Forest Trust: Using Fire in Forest Kindergarten 29th of October 10-3pm- Abriachan Forest Classroom- book here Using Tools in Forest Kindergarten 12th November 10-3pm- Abriachan Forest Classroom- book here Shelters and [...]
The Families’ Access to Nature Project: Research
This research report is shared by the Forest School Association (19/08/2022). The Families’ Access to Nature Project was undertaken by the Froebel Trust and Early Education between October 2021 and January 2022. Children, their parents, and their early years educators talked about their access to nature and being outside together. [...]
Wild Sparks Practitioner Vacancy, July 2022, plus volunteer opportunities!
Wee Wild Sparks Outdoor Nursery delivers fully outdoor early years childcare and education in Perthshire for 3-7 year olds in a beautiful woodland environment. The nursery is currently seeking a practitioner to join their small team in the coming academic year (ideally from August 2022). Find more details and how [...]
Developing numeracy skills outdoors in the early years
Check out this great wee video shared on Twitter by Midlothian Outdoor ELC Team (@MidEYLCOL). It shows how ‘The River Tyne provides ample opportunity for our children to develop numeracy skills by measuring its depth at various points using non-standard measurement tools’.
