Based on an account of Cornwall's Education Action Zone project, this book explores how to plan, implement and assess a rigorous outdoor early years curriculum that complements classroom-based learning and meets the Early Learning Goals.



Autorentext

Gloria Callaway



Zusammenfassung
Education outdoors - in the school grounds or further afield - is widely recognised as making a valuable contribution to children's development in all areas of the curriculum, including 'areas of learning' at Foundation Stage, and 'subjects' at Key Stage 1 and beyond.Based on an account of Cornwall's Education Action Zone project, 'Kernow Woodland Learning', this book provides an in-depth exploration of how to plan, implement and assess a rigorous and thorough outdoor early years curriculum that complements classroom-based learning and meets the Early Learning Goals through its:specific emphasis on planning, based on the Foundation Stage's six areas of learningdetailed accounts of children's woodland-based sessions, which illustrate how they meet the requirements of the statutory curriculuminclusion of plans, formative and summative records to demonstrate how particular sessions address specific learning intentionsconsideration of the adult's role, in terms of training, preparation and administration as well as in supporting learningcoverage of issues such as risk assessment and health and safety. Practical and accessible, this is ideal for early years practitioners looking to develop a specific outdoor learning curriculum plan and as a model for those working with Key Stage 2 and beyond.

Inhalt

Introduction to Kernow Woodland Learning; Chapter 1 section one The weekly routne; Chapter 2 Section Two Principles into practice; Chapter 3 Section Three The grown-ups; Chapter 4 Section Four The curriculum in action; Chapter 5 Section Five Concluion; Index;

Titel
The Early Years Curriculum
Untertitel
A View from Outdoors
EAN
9781136753909
ISBN
978-1-136-75390-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Herausgeber
Veröffentlichung
20.06.2013
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
128.25 MB
Anzahl Seiten
90
Jahr
2013
Untertitel
Englisch