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Creative Outdoor Nature Based Play in Urban Early Years Settings

In this webinar, Gillian introduces methods in which you can create an enriching outdoor experience in early years settings with limited outdoor spaces. The materials used are cheap and recycled. This webinar was developed within the Aistear framework with practical examples of exploring and thinking, well-being, communicating, and identity and belonging. 
 

Course Content

  • The baby and toddler experience
  • Involving families in nature-based play in an urban setting - the first step to identity and belonging
  • Creating exploring and thinking opportunities in nature-based play
  • Communicating in an outdoor space
  • How nature-based paly helps the well-being of the educator and child
  • Inviting seasonal tuff trays


Certification

Certificate of completion

Tutor

Gillian is a part time lecturer in Applied Professional Practice and Pedagogical Framing, on a Bachelor in Applied Early Years Education course, delivered in the Cork College of Commerce, by the Dundalk Institute of Technology. She owned and managed The Haven Montessori School in Bandon for thirty-two years. This early years setting catered for over fifty children and the emphasis was on outdoor education. Outdoor education in three early years settings in Ireland was the focus of Gillian's research during the course of a Masters in Education in University College Cork.
Learn how to introduce nature-based play into early years settings with limited outdoor space. This webinar promotes a Nature pedagogy in Early Years settings.
Environments Webinar
Date DATE

13 Oct 2022

Date AVAILABLE SEATS

26

Location Course Dates and Times
7.00 PM to 9.00 PM
Location LOCATION
Online
Certification CERTIFICATION
Certificate of completion
Price PRICE

€ 20.00

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