50 fantastic ideas for Science Outdoors

_______________ The 50 Fantastic Ideas series is packed full of fun, original, skills-based activities for Early Years practitioners to use with children aged 0-5. Each activity features step-by-step guidance, a list of resources, and a detailed explanation of the skills children will learn. Creative, simple, and highly effective, this series is a must-have for every Early Years setting. The outdoor environment offers access to unique opportunities to explore and discover the world around us with the weather and nature constantly enhancing each and every learning experience. The benefits of outdoor learning are accepted world wide and the need to plan for experiences across the curriculum is as important to practitioners as ever. 50 Fantastic Ideas for Science Outdoors offers lots of practical ways to incorporate early science skills and knowledge within other areas of learning the book is written as a recipe type step-by-step guide to 50 exciting ideas. For practitioners looking to develop their outdoor learning provision or those just seeking a quick exciting idea to refresh an existing area, this book offers loads of clear and concise activities to help. Showing how early science is a truly multisensory exploration of the world the author has tried to show how good practice can be developed on even the tightest of budgets.