The Early Years Curriculum : A View from Outdoors Paperback / softback

by Gloria Callaway

Part of the WAC Research Handbooks in Archaeology series

Paperback / softback

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Description

Education outdoors â€“ in the school grounds or further afield â€“ is widely recognised as making a valuable contribution to childrenâ€™s development in all areas of the curriculum, including â€˜areas of learningâ€™ at Foundation Stage, and â€˜subjectsâ€™ at Key Stage 1 and beyond. Based on an account of Cornwallâ€™s Education Action Zone project, â€˜Kernow Woodland Learningâ€™, this book provides an in-depth exploration of how to plan, implement and assess a rigorous and thorough outdoor early years curriculum that complements classroom-based learning and meets the Early Learning Goals through its:specific emphasis on planning, based on the Foundation Stageâ€™s six areas of learningdetailed accounts of childrenâ€™s woodland-based sessions, which illustrate how they meet the requirements of the statutory curriculuminclusion of plans, formative and summative records to demonstrate how particular sessions address specific learning intentionsconsideration of the adultâ€™s role, in terms of training, preparation and administration as well as in supporting learningcoverage of issues such as risk assessment and health and safety.

Practical and accessible, this is ideal for early years practitioners looking to develop a specific outdoor learning curriculum plan and as a model for those working with Key Stage 2 and beyond.