Transcript Creative Curriculum - Outdoor Play - MY NWRESD

Outdoor Play
What can children learn outdoors?
Adapted from The Creative Curriculum for Preschool, 2010
Outdoor Learning Promotes…
Social-Emotional
Motor
Language & Literacy
Cognitive
Creating the Environment
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Hang bird feeders
Grow plants
Have balls of different sizes
Have bubble solution and a variety of wands
A parachute
Use chalk outside
Paint on an easel or paint with water on the building
Plastic pies and elbows for water and sand play
Create crates for special activities such as a camping
crate, building crate, painting crate, digging crate
Social Emotional & Motor
 Climbing
 Ball skills -throw, kick, catch, bounce
 Obstacle course
 Invite a friend to work or play together
 Sharing
 Following safety rules
Language & Literacy
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Listen to the outside sounds and imitate them
Names of insects, birds plants, vehicles, play toys
Look for signs
Descriptors like fuzzy, dirty, sticky, wet, shiny, fast,
slow, hard
 Ask questions, talk about how to do something
Cognitive
 Find bugs, leaves, pine cones, seeds
 Watch bubbles floating, plants growing and the
seasons changing
 Observe weather and seasonal changes
 Use a magnifying glass to look more closely at
what is outside.
Teaching staff roles
 Introduce new vocabulary, model correct grammar, and
encourage conversation
 Talk about and demonstrate concepts such as size,
color, location, and sequence
 Use open-ended questions to prompt children to name,
describe, and explain
 Scaffold interactions between children to support
sharing, turn-taking, negotiation, and problem-solving
 Teach specific skills when needed