Free and unstructured play outdoors encourages problem solving, social skills and many other forms of development. It’s an ideal environment for experiential learning, as it offers unique opportunities to be creative, to move around, and for children to make choices, be loudor quiet.
Outside, kids can explore, take risks, run as fast as they can, jump, climb, shout and sing.
It also provides them with the space and environment to be peaceful, to be still, calm, to lay down and look up at the sky, to enjoy the silence or sounds of nature around them. To make their choice to follow a path that interests them.
As well as providing opportunities for creative play and being resourceful, outdoor play promotes a sense of confidence and wellbeing.
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