Outdoor Play

At play with Baby: an outdoor texture walk

Going on a texture walk with a young child can bring new understanding of our world and each other…

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Outdoor adventures with rope

We worked together to make our own obstacle course for some outdoor large motor play!

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Outdoor fall parachute play in preschool

Enjoying the last few pretty days of fall outdoors with this fun parachute game in preschool.

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Pumpkin patch scavenger hunt in preschool

I created our very own pumpkin patch at preschool so the children could go on a pumpkin scavenger hunt!

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Going on a leaf hunt in preschool

The children loved using their very own checklists as they went on a leaf hunt today in preschool.

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Our state-of-the-art outdoor playscape in preschool

Check out the playground equipment we have in our state-of-the-art outdoor playscape!

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Outdoor nature hike collecting and sorting in preschool

By popular demand, we went on a nature hike in the woods and collected items for our sorting baskets!

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Roll the ball relay in preschool

Learning the basics of running relays and catching a ball with this fun little game in preschool…

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Painting with balls of ice | teens in early childhood education

Exploring the fun of ice painting in a very big box with a preschooler….

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International mud day: making rainbow mud paint

The point of international mud day is to get messy. Had it been a weekend where I could just let loose and have a mud jamboree, perhaps I would have but I just didn’t have one spare minute this week. I did do some experimenting yesterday and I hope you will enjoy this mildly messy International [...]

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Water play nature hunt with a three year old

Water play is always a hit with my nephew Wy. I bought these little squirt bottles at the dollar store and pulled them out for Wy to play with… Wy and I played a game with the water bottles as we took a little nature walk around the yard. Each time Wy would find something [...]

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Rock climbing with a three year old

When my little nephew Wy comes over, I learn to view things in and outside of my house with new eyes… Everyday, I drive past these rocks that are out in my front yard and don’t really give them much thought. My husband put them in the yard as a landscaping feature and I have [...]

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We didn’t like painting with popsicles in preschool

I almost did not write about this activity because, quite frankly, it wasn’t all that great! But – I decided that it was important to share experiences that don’t work out quite as expected. Each child was given a piece of paper and a Popsicle. I thought they would love seeing how they could draw on the [...]

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