This inspirational toolbox offers readily accessible on-demand content on outdoor learning and risky or adventurous play that is relevant, practical and easy to apply.
Inequality in learning is an urgent issue, severely impacting in individual children’s life chances, and economies and societies around the world. There is growing evidence that learning through active (adventurous) play in the outdoors may present a solution to this problem of inequality. Many studies demonstrate the benefits of outdoor learning and learning through play, especially for early brain development – these include social, emotional, cognitive and physical benefits.
Teachers are asked to plan responsively and adopt a whole new teaching style, supporting the independent exploration and (risky) play of children in the outdoor environment. Research demonstrates how challenging this is and how many concerns this raises among teachers.
More and more, schools and teachers are looking for guidance and support to incorporate more experiential learning styles in the outdoors.
This toolbox aims to meet that need by offering a range of resources, and by sharing experiences, skills, methods and practical know-how with teachers and other relevant stakeholders.
The goal of activity is to create letters b and h using natural material. After creating them, students had to create words with these letters included. They worked in groups, so they had to cooperate. At the same time, they also did some physical exercises...
We did the activity outside, in the small forest near the school. The goal of the activity is to create foxes using natural materials and hot glue gun. At the beginning they had to construct the outdoor tables with chairs and protect tables with newspapers. They...
Goal of activity is the competition of two groups in circle race. Each group tries to move itself on truck carpet and reach goal before another group.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/sq34b6h2yd5c" frameborder="0"...
Children have to find shapes and 3D shapes on a playground and then they have to collect them together.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/93sn6x2nclbg" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen=""...
Begin with "The Three Little Pigs” story, discuss. Warm-up with the game Red Rover. Children engage in a rough and tumble outdoor adventure with a chasing game, tug of war and a huff and puff tumble activity. and Cooperative challenge to build a hula hut (Literacy,...
kids made in groups a plan of their soapbox they made a list of material they needed they presented it to other groups and listened to their advice they made improvements they collected the materials and start making the soapbox a lot of trail and error, a lot of...
In this activity, students will receive a visit from Professor Knetter. This professor has a problem - he has lost the keys and code to his laboratory. The students will search the school grounds for the keys and code. Once inside the lab, they will conduct various...
Pupils orient themselves in the terrain using a map, looking for pictures of geometric shapes. Children name geometric shapes. They make a square and a rectangle out of the cardboard and calculate its perimeter and content.[iframe width="1200" height="620"...
An activity focused on sledding and creating your own track for bobsledding with jumpers and obstacles.[iframe width="1200" height="620" src="https://video.arnes.si/embed/cx715f0l0w19" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen="" mozallowfullscreen=""...
