Exploring the outdoors with the early years foundation stage NY060 / A18

“The best classroom and the richest cupboard are roofed only by the sky.”

Margaret McMillan 1914

Outdoor learning and play is widely acknowledged as being very beneficial to children’s early development. Taking children outdoors offers unique experiences to enhance their existing skills and knowledge and develop those important characteristics of effective learning. It offers them more opportunities to engage in a whole range of activities on a larger scale with no worries about noise levels, mess or space restrictions. Outdoor learning, being in the fresh air and space, have also been shown to have real positive impacts on children’s well being and development.

This CPD will help you to explore how to develop outdoor provision within the EYFS and use the outdoors to support learning across all areas of the Early Years Framework, including mathematics, understanding the world, communication and language, expressive arts and physical development. You will explore engaging activities to use with your children in the outdoors, which support learning. You’ll also spend time planning learning experiences that allow your children to explore interactions with nature, the ever changing seasons and the weather.

You’ll start to ask, ‘why are we teaching indoors?’

This is a residential course, fees include meals and accommodation for the duration of the course.