Bring your class outside!
An Outside Play Tool for Teachers
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
Have you thought about taking your class outdoors?
We’re here to help!
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In this 16-part video series created as part of the Teacher Tool, we explore themes and modules with educators across Canada who have deep experience in outdoor play and learning.
Find the conversations under the second tab - labelled “Resources” - of each individual module. For example, Creating Yes! Spaces – Megan Zeni in conversation with Frances McCoubrey.
Collaborate with your colleagues to discuss modules in a study group or lunch and learn format
Outdoor play is different from indoor play as it tends to involve children feeling more freedom, being more physically active, moving their bodies in different ways, and playing differently than they would inside. The outdoors can offer more variety of play environments and loose parts (e.g., sticks, rocks, buckets, sand, crates) to move around, allowing their imagination to shape their play. Children need daily outdoor play opportunities for their development, physical health, and well-being.
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Best-selling author of Dirty Teaching and Messy Maths. Juliet is a pioneer in the outdoor learning field, an early adopter of curricular learning outdoors, and prolific contributor to policy documents across Europe. Learn more about the history and intent of outdoor play and learning in schools from a legendary teacher, whose work this tool is built on!
