{"id":12399,"date":"2016-06-19T16:03:17","date_gmt":"2016-06-19T15:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HecklegirthNursery\/?p=12399"},"modified":"2016-06-19T16:04:13","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T15:04:13","slug":"outdoor-learning-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/dg\/HecklegirthNursery\/2016\/06\/19\/outdoor-learning-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Building the Curriculum 2: active learning in the early years, 2007” says \u2018All aspects of the curriculum can be explored outside. The sights, sounds and smells of the outdoors, the closeness to nature, the excitement most children feel, the wonder and curiosity all serve to enhance and stimulate learning.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Our outdoor area is certainly popular all year round, regardless of weather, but when the sunshine comes out, nearly all children choose to spend most of their Nursery session in the garden exploring a range of activities. As you can see, the children demonstrate great imagination and teamwork in the play they create. Dens are built, gross and fine motor skills are developed, a fantastic range of meals\u00a0is created in the mud kitchen and, of course, there are always jobs to do like watering the plants and painting the house. We hope that you enjoy this little gallery of the afternoon children busy learning in the summer sunshine.<\/p>\n