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Birth to three: outdoor provision - Action points
Nursery World,
12 July 2007
Don't be reluctant to take babies and toddlers outdoors - just take the right precautions, says Gail Ryder Richardson.
Early years settings are expected to provide children under the age of three with regular, high-quality outdoor experiences. The current framework, Birth to Three Matters, promotes that expectation and the Early Years Foundation Stage, which will be statutory from September 2008, shares that expectation (see box). The Government is also encouraging local authorities to review how settings ensure that children can access outdoor provision and to check that providers are aware of their responsibilities. Yet outdoor provision for babies and toddlers...
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