Inspiring Water Play: Is there scope for creativity, self-direction and discovery?
Achieving Sustained Focus on Planting and Growing within the Setting
Valuing Artistic Exploration and Process in Children’s Creativity
Exploring our local community
“Growing through nature.”
Wee Green Fingers – Growing Together
New leaders in exploring earth
Developing Block Play in an Early Years Establishment
Relationships, Wellbeing and the Outdoors
The Children’s Garden
Grow Through Life
Outdoor and free-flow play at non-formal educational settings
Two hours outdoors, two hours indoors free play.
Η επαφή των παιδιών με τα φυσικά υλικά σε διαφορετικά περιβάλλοντα / Play in or with nature?
Η φύση καλεί / Natural calls… Are the children used to hearing natural sounds?
Froebel in Nature: past, present, futures
What affordances in our past, present and future can spur us on to go further and deeper with children...
by Henry Mathias
Outdoor play in Scotland: way back to the future
Henry Mathias is Head of Professional Standards and Practice at The Care Inspectorate. All views expressed in this blog...
Our Froebelian Practice: Nature Kindergarten at Cowgate Under 5s
An immersive look at a uniquely Froebelian approach to nature-based learning and play at Cowgate Under 5s, Edinburgh. Download...
Barvy v zahradě / Colours of the garden
A Practical Project: Taking Clay Outdoors.
The Wonderful World Outdoors
The Benefits of Clay
The benefits of introducing community gardening to our setting
Does risky play in outdoors support all-round development
Is sewing a gender equal play occupation within our setting?
What’s environment got to do with it?
Following the children’s lead
This short film follows Cowgate practitioner Simon Bateson on a day out with his children and their friends at...