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The Benefits of Outdoor Learning: Interview with Niki Buchan
After founding natural childcare settings in South Africa and developing and heading up Scotland’s first Nature Kindergarten, Niki...
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10 Environmental Activities for Early Years
10 Environmental Activities for Early Years Recycling Gardening Homemade Resources Reusing Materials Worm Farm Science Experiments Bug Hotel...
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Environmental Awareness in Your Early Years Setting
Environmental Awareness in Your Early Years Setting It’s becoming increasingly important for us all to be more environmentally aware,...
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EYFS Water Play Ideas and Activities
EYFS Water Play Ideas and Activities Following on from our article on sand activities and games, and continuing...
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EYFS Sand Play Ideas and Activities
EYFS Sand Play Ideas and Activities The Sand Basics Treasure Hunt Imaginative Play: Building Site Imaginative Play: Beach...
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8 Healthy Eating Activities for Kids
Grow your own food Visit a farm, market or shop Preparing healthy food Use toy food Little Red...
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21 Early Years Painting Activities and Ideas
21 Early Years Painting Activities and Ideas Painting is a fun, messy, absorbing, colourful, sensory and liberating activity...
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Mindfulness Activities for Kids
Mindfulness Activities for Kids Describing emotions Listening circle Looking at clouds Bubble balloon game Texture bag Guided relaxation/visualisation...
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Easter Crafts for Kids
The Easter festival can provide inspiration for a range of exciting easter crafts activities, with its distinctive associated...
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15 Nature Activities for Kids: Ideas for Exploring Outdoors
15 Nature Activities for Kids: Ideas for Exploring Outdoors The benefits of outdoor play are well documented, in...
Further Reading
- The Importance of Stage Based Play
- 8 Budget Friendly Outdoor Activities
- Returning to School After Coronavirus Lockdown
- Early Years Science Activities
- Playworker Role in Play
- Lev Vygotsky
- Simple Classroom Guitar Songs
- Group Learning in Early Years
- Learning through Playing
- Playworker Role in Outdoor Play & Learning
- Activities for Children with Autism
- How to Teach Children with Autism
- The Effect of a Sensory Impairment
- Emotional Development in Children
- Encourage Child Independence
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