Everything is Possible Outside - Session Recording
Facilitated By: Christina Pickles
Recorded On: November 15, 2024
Leading Inspired Learning: A London-Middlesex System-Wide Professional Learning Day
Everything is possible outside - children are more physically active, the natural world enters through all the senses, and community connections are made. In this workshop, we explored the reasons for getting outdoors and our role as adults in these experiences. You will come away with inspiration and practical ideas to create engaging outdoor play spaces and experiences.
What was covered: - Explore personal knowledge and feelings about outdoor play.
Identify barriers to and benefits of outdoor play
Reflect on your “why” for getting children outside to play
Review the key roles of adults in providing time, space, and materials for outdoor play
Learn about loose parts in the outdoor environment
Build their repertoire of outdoor play experiences for children
Facilitator Bio
Christina Pickles is an outdoor play advocate and founder of Get Outside and Play, an organization that ensures more outdoor play in early learning and care settings, schools, and communities through events, presentations, workshops, and consulting. She has been supporting outdoor experiences with people of all ages for 25 years and 10 years ago, pivoted her work to put play at the centre of everything she does. She believes play is the best way children (and adults) connect with the land, their communities, their bodies, and each other. She lives along the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta and can be found walking her dog Clover or chasing after her adventurous 10 year old.