Browse Hierarchy ECS4010: Young Children's Outdoor Learning

This module will explore how young children use play to learn and how adults plan for exploration and play in the Outdoors environment. The module will focus on two important areas: maintaining good provision and interactions in an Early Years outdoors area, and teaching and learning using the Forest School approach. Styles of interaction between children and adults in a variety of situations will be considered. Health and Safety training will cover issues such as children as risk-takers, off-site travel, maintaining a safe environment. The implications for current practice are explored, in the light of recent research and Government curriculum documentation.