 | Creating a Space to Grow: The Process of Developing Your Outdoor Learning Environment by Gail Ryder-Richardson
Buy new: £14.57 / Used from: £13.79 This book guides schools and early years settings through the process of changing and developing an outdoor environment. Lots of inspirational photos, practical suggestions and ideas. A super book.
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 | Learning Outdoors: Improving the Quality of Young Children's Play Outdoors by Helen Bilton
Buy new: £14.59 / Used from: £13.79 Lots of advice and ideas for developing learning outdoors. An attractive, accessible book. Buy it if you wish to improve outdoor play provision in your early years setting.
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 | Playing Outside - Rain or Shine by Rosaleen Joyce
Buy new: £8.74 A sweet, quick read which shows how real nursery staff and children are using their outdoor area. Well worth buying.
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 | The Little Book of Outdoor Play: Little Books with Big Ideas (Little Books) by Sally Featherstone
Buy new: £6.81 / Used from: £4.99 Lots of practical ideas in all curriculum areas. Useful for all early years settings.
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 | The Little Book of Outside in All Weathers: Little Books with Big Ideas (Little Books) by Sally Featherstone
Buy new: £6.94 / Used from: £4.99 All year round activities to do outdoors. Great ideas and no excuses to stay indoors if the weather isn't great.
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 | Exercising Muscles and Minds by Marjorie Ouvry
Buy used from: £10.50 Whilst this book has been superceded by more recent publications it is a classic in its own right. A useful addition to any early years setting or student.
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 | Outdoor Play (Play in the EYFS) by Sue Durant
Buy new: £11.63 / Used from: £8.42 Published at the end of September 2009. No idea what it's like but will buy and tell you in due course!
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 | You Can Create an Outdoor Classroom (You Can..) (You Can..) by Rosaleen Joyce
Buy new: £10.87 This format makes a refreshing change to other early years books on outdoor play. The thinking points are great aids for reflecting upon one's practice. Buy this book.
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 | Playing Outdoors in the Early Years (Classmates) by Ros Garrick
Buy used from: £7.90 A really useful overview of outdoor play research. Buy this if you are a student or studying for an early education qualification.
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 | Playing and Learning Outdoors: Making Provision for High Quality Experiences in the Outdoor Environment (Nursery World / Routledge Essential Guides ... Guides for Early Years Practitioners) by Jan White
Buy new: £11.88 / Used from: £10.33 A surprisingly useful addition to any early years setting wishing to develop the quantity and quality of outdoor play. A good all-in-one guide.
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 | Outdoor Play in the Early Years: Management and Innovation (David Fulton Publishers) by Helen Bilton
Buy new: £15.59 / Used from: £12.60 The small text is off-putting but the ideas and opinions are sound.
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 | Healthy, Active and Outside!: Running an Outdoors Programme in the Early Years by Janice Filer
Buy new: £13.72 / Used from: £13.03 A detailed book which provides helpful advice, ideas and an effective strategy for integrating a forest school approach into an early years setting. I rate this book highly.
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 | Starting with Choice: Inclusive Strategies for Consulting Young Children by Mary Dickins
Buy new: £3.95 / Used from: £4.10 Short, sweet and never again will you make the assumption that children are too young or lack the communication skills required. Great for changing attitudes.
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 | Listening to Young Children: The Mosaic Approach by Alison Clark
Buy new: £17.89 / Used from: £14.58 A practical resource which is great for Early Years settings. This book is not just applicable to outdoor learning. I think it would benefit practitioners working in infant classes too.
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 | The Outdoor Classroom: A Place to Learn: 0 by Hilary Harriman
Buy new: £8.40 This book, more than many others, puts outdoor play clearly into the context of the Foundation Stages curriculum. Stunning photos, beautifully presented.
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 | I Love Dirt!: 52 Activities to Help You and Your Kids Discover the Wonders of Nature by Jennifer Ward
Buy new: £5.70 / Used from: £2.35 This book is a great introduction to the natural world. It provides useful facts for adults and prompts for questions but bear in mind the different climate and species in North America.
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 | Maths Outdoors by Carole Skinner
Buy new: £28.55 / Used from: £25.31 This is THE most comprehensive book about early years outdoor maths. Good for an in-depth focus but expensive for the casual buyer.
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 | Playing Outside: Activities, Ideas and Inspiration for the Early Years by Helen Bilton
Buy new: £13.64 / Used from: £12.74 I haven't got a copy of this book yet, so can't comment, but thought you might like to know of its existence.
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 | Outdoor Play by Sue Durant
Buy new: £14.50 / Used from: £17.04 I haven't got a copy of this book yet, so can't comment, but thought you might like to know of its existence.
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 | Environments for Outdoor Play: A Practical Guide to Making Space for Children by Theresa Casey
Buy new: £15.23 / Used from: £16.30 I haven't got a copy of this book yet, so can't comment, but thought you might like to know of its existence.
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 | Early Years Curriculum: A View from Outdoors by Callaway
Buy new: £15.23 / Used from: £13.27 I haven't got a copy of this book yet, so can't comment, but thought you might like to know of its existence.
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 | Playing Outdoors: Spaces and Places, Risks and Challenge (Debating Play) by Helen Tovey
Buy new: £16.25 / Used from: £12.85 A very useful book which covers all current issues affecting Early Years and being outside including chapters on forest schools and the role of free play. A useful buy for any EY student.
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 | A Constructivist Approach to Outdoor Play in Early Education by Karyn Wellhousen
Buy new: £22.56 / Used from: £21.87 I haven't got a copy of this book yet, so can't comment, but thought you might like to know of its existence.
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 | Forest Schools & Outdoor Learning in the Early Years by Sara Knight
Buy new: £13.19 / Used from: £13.09 I like the author's passion for her subject. A useful introduction to forest schools for those doing their leadership training.
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 | Nature and Young Children: Encouraging Creative Play and Learning in Natural Environments by Ruth Wilson
Buy new: £14.04 / Used from: £13.00 An American book that looks at outdoor play provision. It's good but is not about nature kindergarten or forest schools. More theory than practical activities.
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