Creating Spaces to Play Outdoors

Name: Creating Spaces to Play Outdoors
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781472993564
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36 fun step-by-step DIY projects using recycled pallets

By Oliver Wotherspoon and Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg

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Creating Spaces to Play Outdoors offers 36 environmentally friendly DIY projects to enhance early years outdoor play areas. From small items like the Bird Box Bookshelf to large structures such as the Hobbit Hole Door, the book uses recycled pallet wood to create adaptable play spaces. Authored by play experts Oliver Wotherspoon and Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg, the guide includes step-by-step instructions, illustrations, and advice linking the projects to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Framework.
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This book is ideal for early years educators, childcare providers, and parents seeking sustainable, creative ways to develop outdoor play environments. No advanced DIY skills are needed, making it accessible for novices looking to engage children in natural, educational play.

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Transform your play area with these environmentally friendly DIY projects for the Early Years!

This one-of-a-kind book contains everything you need to build exciting, sustainable outdoor play spaces that can be adapted for any setting, big or small. There are 36 projects ranging from smaller designs such as the Bird Box Bookshelf and the Table-Top Ramp to larger structures such as the Hobbit Hole Door and the Wonky Stage that children can help build, using recycled pallet wood.

Authors Alistair Bryce-Clegg and Oliver Wotherspoon are experts in Early Years play and have been instrumental in designing some of the very best outdoor play settings, including for George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces and ITV’s Love Your Garden. With their helpful illustrations, full-colour photographs, step-by-step instructions and advice on how the play spaces link to the EYFS Framework and support early learning, you do not need to be a DIY expert to build these simple and effective natural play areas.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781472993564

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bloomsbury Education

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 244.0mm

Height: 272.0mm

Weight: 416g

Pages: 96

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Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dr Alistair Bryce-Clegg Education & Reference Home & Garden Non-Fiction Oliver Wotherspoon Science & Nature Sports

About the Author

Alistair Bryce-Clegg is a leading Early Years educational consultant. Alistair was headteacher of a successful three-form entry infant school and Early Years Unit for 10 years. Alongside his headship he worked as an EYFS consultant working with a diverse range of settings to help them to enhance their EYFS practice. Alistair is now the proud owner of ABC Does (abcdoes.com) and co-founder of the child development app My First Five Years. Alistair's bestselling books include Best Practice in the Early Years, Continuous Provision, Continuous Provision: The Skills, Getting Ready to Write and From Vacant to Engaged. Alistair blogs at ABCDoes.com and tweets @ABCDoes.

Oliver Wotherspoon is Managing Director of Cool Canvas, a family-founded business which creates incredible natural play areas for nurseries, schools and families around the UK. Inspired by nature and a love of adventure, Oliver builds bespoke, hand-crafted outdoor spaces that are unique to each area, big or small. Oliver and his designs have made TV appearances on Channel 4’s George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces and ITV’s Love Your Garden.