Week Two - Play and the outdoors
Whilst children will play anywhere it is commonly accepted that playing outdoors unlocks opportunities for play that would not occur inside. Being outside and amongst nature is a vital part of contributing to a child's rich play diet. Engaging with thinking about the environment and what the future will bring can only be enhanced if we actually go outside more!
Week Two
Week Two
Week 2
Sara Knight - Forest School: child-led playing in natural wooded spaces
Celia Hogan: Take me outside
Ali Wood: Therapeutic play outside
I'm old, done a lot of things and written about them including: helping start Forest School (FS) in the UK, working with all ages from 3 to 73 mostly outside, supporting people with different abilities, being a University academic, talking about FS at conferences and in training across the world., writing books, chapters, papers and articles.
Celia is passionate about getting children outdoors and into Nature. She is a strong advocate for child led play, nature play, risky play, building resilience & improving mental health and well-being through nature. For the past 20 years she has worked for a variety of outdoor education and personal development organisations. She is the founder of Little Kiwis Nature Play who provide professional development for teachers on all things nature and she runs a bush kindy play group for preschoolers.
Ali has been working with children and young people forever and also training and assessing others who do, plus researching and writing about play and playwork.. She currently co-manages Meriden Adventure Playground and continues to be amazed at the power and magic of playing...