A free 18 part email course packed with everything you need to know about outdoor learning in the early years, delivered straight to your inbox. 

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Receive a series of 18 emails over an 6 week period

Learn about the importance of outdoor learning

The course is made up of 18 emails and will cover everything from play and risk to inclusivity and the theory behind the benefits of outdoor learning. We'll also recommend practical ways you can improve your setting's outdoor learning space.

We know that you might be short on time, so we’ve split the course up into concise easily digestible emails. We don’t want to bombard you, so will only email you three times a week. 

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A complete guide to outdoor learning and play

How it works...

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Email 1: Outdoor learning: The Journey
Email 2: The Components of an Outdoor Classroom
Email 3: Holistic Learners
Email 4: The Five Areas of Development
Email 5: The Importance of Risk & Challenge
Email 6: The ‘Risk Sweet Spot’
Email 7: Modern Paranoia: Perspectives on Risk
Email 8: Contemporary Exposure to Risk
Email 9: Play and the Nature of Play

what You'll Learn...

Email 10: Outdoor Play and Holistic Development
Email 11: The Ever-Changing Environment
Email 12: A New Sociology of Childhood 
Email 13: Inclusive Outdoor Play
Email 14: The Ideal Space for Inclusion
Email 15: The Role of the Playworker
Email 16: Learning Interventions
Email 17: Gender Influenced Adult Behaviour
Email 18: Next Steps for Outdoor Learning