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Adult and child working with wood

Woodwork With Families

A practical project within the early years setting to introduce woodwork to children and their families.

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Children jumping in puddles

Relationships, Wellbeing and the Outdoors

A practitioner inquiry which investigates the impact experiences outdoors has on children’s relationships with their peers and educators and how this supports children’s overall wellbeing ...

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Child shows off drawing of fish

Documenting Young Children’s Learning Through a Froebelian Lens

An observational study to discover how to support children’s ownership and documentation of their own learning within a Primary 1 play-based classroom setting.

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Grow Through Life

An observational study on exploring plant life cycles, sustainable learning opportunities and the impact on professional practice within the setting.

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Slow pedagogical approaches through children’s documentation

This study looks at children’s autonomy within the planning processes and how we enable children to document and reflect on their own learning.

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Exploring Soil and Mud

“Knowing about nature is an intelligence of its own” (Gardener, 1999). Nature contact in everyday life provides opportunities to explore, discover, get messy and engage ...

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Η επαφή των παιδιών με τα φυσικά υλικά σε διαφορετικά περιβάλλοντα / Play in or with nature?

Greek: Όλοι γνωρίζουμε την ωφελιμότητα της φύσης στην ψυχική και σωματική υγεία των παιδιών. Πόσο επιδιώκουμε όμως την τακτική επαφή των παιδιών με τα φυσικά ...

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Η φύση καλεί / Natural calls… Are the children used to hearing natural sounds?

This is an attempt to explore the tendency of kindergarten students to hear natural or other sounds, during a walk outside the school class, especially ...

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lived stories

Using lived stories with teenage students in Greece

This is an action research study aimed at investigating teenage students’ reactions and acceptance of using the “lived stories” approach to document their learning during ...

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Barvy v zahradě / Colours of the garden

Co se stane pokud nechám dětem na zahradě různý výtvarný materiál? Změní se jejich chování na zahradě? Budou mít o tvoření jiné děti než ve ...

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Dopis dítěti / A letter to a child

Jaký vliv bude mít na dítě vliv osobní dopis od pedagoga? Ovlivní dopisy dítěti vzájemný vztah, autonomii či osobní zrání? – What effect will a ...

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