The Impact of the Outdoor Classroom Related to Early Numeracy Skills

Resources Used

Messy Maths: A Playful, Outdoor Approach for Early Years by Juliet Robertson

ISBN-13: 978-1781352663

The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3–7: A month-by-month guide to forest school provision by Karen Constable

ISBN: 978-0-415-72905-5

Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Learning Outdoors: Linking Pedagogy and Practice by Lynda Keith

ISBN: 978-1-138-23715-5

Loose Parts: Inspiring Play in Young Children by Lisa Daley and Miriam Beloglovsky

ISBN-13: 978-1605542744

http://creativestarlearning.co.uk/

This is our website we created that gives more details of the learning we experienced.

https://sites.google.com/a/tldsb.net/fdk-outdoor-numeracy/welcome

Resources Created

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FDK Grandview Team

(LtoR) Colleen Smyth, Gail Pearce, Nicolle Reese and Danielle DeRusha.

ORIGINAL – Outdoor Classroom Weekly Intentions (Planning Sheet)

This is our weekly planning template we used throughout the year.

Easter Egg Hunt

The children were asked to find the eggs and count them, and graph them.

Map of the yard we used for documentation.

This is a map of the yard that we started using at the end of our journey. It was an idea that our early years itinerant teacher helped us come up with. We use this map to plan out our next steps and map the interests of the children.

Our backyard

This is the yard that we choose to work with.

Our loose part area

This is the area in the yard where we have some boxes made from skids, and we have tires, wood cookies and tubing for the children to use throughout the yard.