{"id":6049,"date":"2019-12-05T12:58:40","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T11:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/?page_id=6049"},"modified":"2021-08-20T15:24:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T14:24:22","slug":"outdoor-learning","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/pupils\/outdoor-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Outdoor Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Outdoor play has a fundamental role in a child’s early development and it has proven benefits in engaging children with special educational needs.<\/p>\n

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There are many reasons why teaching and learning outside is so important, here are just a few\u2026<\/p>\n

– The outdoor environment is multi-sensory so children use all their senses to investigate the world around them.<\/p>\n

– Being outdoors provides children with opportunities to investigate and explore different types of materials, and seasonal changes, in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n

– Only outdoors can children properly experience, first hand, the natural world. It enables a better understanding of life cycles \u2013 plants and animals.<\/p>\n

– Natural resources develop imagination and creativity as they are completely open-ended, enabling the development of critical thinking.<\/p>\n

– Being outside allows for children to take risks in a safe environment.<\/p>\n

– Being outdoors is better suited to the developmental needs of many children.<\/p>\n

– Playing outside creates a sense of well being and helps to develop positive attitudes such as perseverance and self-confidence.<\/p>\n

– Physical play promotes healthy attitudes and can combat obesity.<\/p>\n

– Healthy eating is promoted as children are more likely to eat what they have grown in the garden.<\/p>\n

– Personal and social qualities are developed and fostered as children work together at activities of their own choosing.<\/p>\n

– Outdoor learning is memorable! Experiences are retained in the limbic part of the brain which stores long and short-term memories and emotions.<\/p>\n

– Environmental awareness is fostered as children learn to take care of their environment and the plants and creatures found within it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Outdoor play has a fundamental role in a child’s early development and it has proven benefits in engaging children with special educational needs. There are many reasons why teaching and learning outside is so important, here are just a few\u2026 – The outdoor environment is multi-sensory so children use all their senses to investigate the … Continue reading Outdoor Learning<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31376,"featured_media":0,"parent":49,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6049","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6049"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6094,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6049\/revisions\/6094"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/IsobelMairFamilyCentre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}