Cold, wet and windy weather doesn't have to mean staying indoors. In the final part of her series on winter play outdoors, Julie Mountain suggests some creative approaches for fun and learning.
Plants are local to everyone and fertile ground for activity ideas. This year, outdoors specialist Julie Mountain will be pointing out some commonly found flora and what you can do with it
Prepare children for the future by teaching spatial awareness and logical thinking playfully, outdoors, say Julie Mountain and Felicity Robinson
Make the most of outdoor learning by providing free-flowing and diverse spaces, explains Julie Mountain in Part 2 of this series
When it comes to risk-taking and resilience, Japan’s settings get the most out of adults and the outdoors, finds Julie Mountain
Professor Jan White looks at how to ensure that parents are fully on board with your outdoor provision, in the second part of her series
Pre-school children at Little Acorns Day Nursery in Urmston have been exploring risky play in the outdoors.
Children need to push their boundaries in all directions, so finding the balance between safety and challenge is central to this strand of the outdoors, says Professor Jan White
Our 'SEND: Inclusive learning outdoors' seminar will offer you lots of great ideas for best practice.
Wherever you lived as a child, village, town or city, in a flat, on an estate or terraced house, your childhood experiences of playing outdoors would probably be very different from those of your own...