Learning & Development Heuristic Play: Outdoor treasures

Nursery World, 8 May 2008

It's not just babies who gain from heuristic play - and better still if it takes place outdoors, as Sara Davies found in her research.

Everton Early Childhood Centre is a forward thinking children's centre, offering opportunities for pioneering research, which can be undertaken by all staff and which benefits the children and their families. As a senior childhood education qualified teacher in a children's centre, part of my role was to co-ordinate the children's creative development, which was nurtured through daily opportunities to explore appropriate resources. Igniting young children's creativity is vital because it: - is nurturing - enables...

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