A little girl with her eyes closed rubs her hands up and down the rough bark of a tree, puts her cheek against it and breathes in its scent ... Two young boys are counting how many cars drive past the nursery gates and marking them down on a clipboard ... A class of small children chant a traditional rhyme being taught to them by someone's Grandpa ... What do these snapshots have in common? A wide range of typical early years activities, perhaps, yet all these little people could be seen to be engaged in 'Place-based Learning' (PBL).
WHAT IS PLACE-BASED LEARNING?
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