The renowned outdoor play expert kicked off the two-day event by speaking about the true nature of outdoor play and the key principles underpinning it, and why it is so important to children’s learning and development.
Professor White said, ‘The outdoors is the child’s domain more than the indoors is…The natural world, being outdoors in sunlight and big sky… that world looks after children.’
She added, ‘We must have the attitude that being outdoors is a right for young children.’
She also stressed that there was a difference between indoor and outdoor play and practitioners should look at ‘what it is that the indoors cannot offer children.’
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