In order to benefit fully from what the outdoors has to offer, children need long periods of time outside all through the year. A range of cheap and easily collected resources can provide wonderfully rich opportunities for play outdoors at any time.
Building brain and body
Construction activity holds even greater interest outdoors where there is space, freedom and lots of inspiration. Offer big resources which invite children to be inventive and energetic, collaborate and build on a big scale. There will also be plenty of practical reasons to construct, such as making cane wigwams for growing runner beans.
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