Outdoor play in EYFS

We love our outdoor space and it helps to develop a range of our skills. 

We enjoy playing with our large construction pieces to make a variety of structures. The children like to make houses and forts together and then role play in them. This week these boys made this wonderful house and then enjoyed playing in it together imagining there were leaks that they had to fix. This play has developed their social relationships, turn taking, listening and communicating skills and their core strength through lifting the resources. 

Our focus for this week is road safety and cars. During our outdoor learning time the children asked for roads including road signs to be drawn on the floor.  They then used the bikes and role played using them as cars. They practised following the road safety rules we have learned such as crossing at a zebra crossing. 

‘You have to look and listen and then you can cross over the zebra. I heard and saw Alex on his bike so I waited for him to come past.’ -Bow 

The children enjoy using the space to make large structures and games. These girls have used the bricks and duplo to make ‘Lego land’ each area is a section of Lego land. 

‘This area is the kitchen. There is lots of food in there.’ - Nina

‘So we used all the toys and bricks to make this.’ - My-An 

Our sand and water is also outside. The children enjoy exploring different materials and textures. Making sandcastles and experimenting with transportation of the water and sand. 

This is just a snap shot of the outdoor learning we have done this week. The things we play with outside change all the time and the interests of the children lead our resource choices. They have been able to develop so many skills connected to our Early Years curriculum whilst being outside. 

If you see us around school, ask us what we have played with today!