Description
Book Synopsis"For all members of the Leave No Child Inside movement who are engaged with early childhoodâas educators, child care providers, nature center staff, parents, landscape designers, or pediatriciansâthis book is an essential resource."Louise Chawla, Children and Nature Network, USA
- What do children learn through playing outdoors?
- What makes an effective and challenging play space?
- What is a safe environment and can children be too safe?
- How can adults best support challenging play outdoors?
Young children seek adventure and challenge in their play outdoors. They look for places they can explore and spaces they can transform. However, provision for exciting and challenging play outdoors is often restricted because of an over-emphasis on safety, and also because the value of play outdoors is not well understood.
This book offers a clear rationale for why outdoor play is essential in young children's lives and learning. It asks fundamental que
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Children's lives
Why outdoor play?
Outdoor play: the presence of the past
Spaces and places for play
Gardens or forests?
Playing outdoors: risk and challenge
What do we mean by free play outdoors?
Roles, resources and relationships outdoors
Bibliography
Index
