Synopses & Reviews
Can Do Play Activities Series Roll up your sleeves and get ready to embark on creative and imaginative adventures. Explore the environment through imaginative sculptures, models and detective work. Find ways to recycle and reuse, create your own imaginative play spaces in Rocket Journey and On the Bus or travel the world in Passport Check. Take turns and join with others in developing new skills and using all you senses. Eco-ventures offers a variety of exciting starting points for children of all ages and abilities to pick up and expand. The activities in Eco-ventures: are fun can mostly be done with limited resources are fully illustrated describe what you need, how you can do it and where it can lead can be used to explore particular areas of interest such as the environment, recycling, or the natural world contain practical tips and flag health and safety points provide opportunities for children to develop, play and learn at their own pace include 'snapshots' of how other groups have experienced the activity include 'spotlights' to support adults in thinking about their approach to working with children in a play or childcare setting. This book is part of the Can Do Series, an essential resource for all those who work with children from birth to 14 years in out of school playsettings, including childminders, playworkers, family centre workers, day nursery assistants or managers.
Synopsis
Roll up your sleeves and get ready to embark on creative and imaginative adventures. Explore the environment through imaginative sculptures, models and detective work. Find ways to recycle and reuse, create your own imaginative play spaces in Rocket Journey and On the Bus or travel the world in Passport Check. Take turns and join with others in developing new skills and using all you senses. Eco-ventures offers a variety of exciting starting points for children of all ages and abilities to pick up and expand. The activities in Eco-ventures: are fun can mostly be done with limited resources are fully illustrated describe what you need, how you can do it and where it can lead can be used to explore particular areas of interest such as the environment, recycling, or the natural world contain practical tips and flag health and safety points provide opportunities for children to develop, play and learn at their own pace include [snapshots' of how other groups have experienced the activity include [spotlights' to support adults in thinking about their approach to working with children This book is part of the Can Do Series, an essential resource for all those who work with children from birth to 14 years in out of school playsettings including childminders, playworkers, family centre workers, day nursery assistant or managers.
Table of Contents
Series Introduction Book Introduction Acknowledgments Community Detectives How Does Your Garden Grow? Chankging Things! Global Eco-ventures