The opportunities offered by the outdoors are quite different from those offered indoors. Being clear about what you want your children to be able to do and experience outside that fully captures this difference for all aspects learning and development, rather than thinking about what you want to have in your outdoor space, is the focus of the eighth key to unlocking learning outdoors.
KEY 8: RANGE OF EXPERIENCES AVAILABLE
Consider if, in your outdoor space:
a wide range of experiences is planned for
all areas of learning and development are always available
you are really harnessing what is different about being outdoors
the outdoors is acting as a full half of the whole learning environment, complementary to the indoor half.
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