Description
Particularly useful for practitioners working outdoors with children from ages 3 to 5, this provision guide offers much practical support. Complementing the highly regarded 2-3 yrs, 3-5 yrs and 5-7yrs indoor continuous provision guides, the Early Excellence Guide to Outdoor Provision presents an overview of what provision is all about for this age group – what it means, why it’s important and how to plan each outdoor area to support young children’s learning and development.
The guide aims to support the development of quality outdoor practice, for leaders and practitioners, providing highly accessible information and practical tips to support the development of an effective, developmentally appropriate outdoor learning environment.
Invest in this guide and gain the knowledge and confidence to work successfully with children aged 3-5yrs in the EYFS. It will help you to secure high quality Early Childhood Education with well planned, thoughtfully resourced outdoors provision, along with a thorough understanding of how to maximise use of the provision and your role as the adult, including how to interact in meaningful and impactful ways in the outdoor environment.
A highly practical resource, and a must have for both Senior and EYFS Leaders planning to develop outdoor provision in schools or settings, as well as EYFS teachers, practitioners, Nursery teachers and managers, who seek to understand and embed good quality outdoor provision and effective adult interaction.
Packed with information, activities, and planning tools; this guide will help you ensure that your outdoor learning environments are rich, carefully resourced and well managed spaces to meaningfully and appropriately support your children’s needs. The EEx Guide is a resource that you will cherish and continue to reference back to throughout the year.
The EEX Guide to Outdoor Provision features:
- Planning documents, activities and resources
- A three-part illustrated overview of the principles around provision, covering the what, why and how - suitable for ages 3-5 years
- A useful set of discussion points to support the review of current provision
- A full set of Provision Planning documents, one for each outdoor provision area and blank formats to create your own unique plans - suitable for 3-5 year old children in the EYFS
- Guidance on how to use the plans with your team
