Enabling Environments

Books should be shared with the children beyond just story time
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Enabling Environments - Power of print

Practice
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Your outdoor calendar: June 2022

Activities
The loose parts enable schema play while providing an opportunity to introduce the topic of sustainability
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Education For Sustainability - Midas touch

Practice
Children are given time to follow their interests, resulting in less challenging behaviour
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Good Practice - Just a moment

Practice
'I really do have to draw the line with only purchasing neutral colours for painting. Let’s hope no child wants to paint a ladybird or Santa seeing as red is now one of the banned colours'
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'Don't throw away all your resources and hope your class will be inspired by fir cones and sticks'

Child Development
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Outdoors: Key 4 - In and out

Practice
Some of the children had not seen a whole fish before
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EYFS Activities - We’ve explored… dissecting fish

Practice
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Outdoor Challenge: Special Report - A taste for adventure

Practice
Children should be able to access the outdoors when they want to in all weather
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Outdoors: key 3 - Freedom to choose

Practice
A parent joins their child in the mud kitchen
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Outdoors: Key 2 - All aboard!

Practice
The children at the pre-school leave with more confidence to face future challenges
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Positive Relationships - A place to grow

Practice
Staff need to enjoy being outdoors themselves, as well as appreciating the environment’s effect on children
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Outdoors: Key 1 - Get out there

Practice
Monkey Puzzle Day Nursery Sidcup is one of three nurseries to achieve the Bronze ESC award
News

Nurseries achieve award for sustainable citizenship

Resources
Providing loose parts enables children to take control of their play and learning
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Enabling Environments - Let loose!

Enabling Environments
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EYFS Activities - 5 ways to revamp… your garden in winter

Outdoors in Winter
At Belmont Infant School, the children use real tools and work independently
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Woodwork - We’ve nailed it!

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