11-Intentionality, Planning and Programming in Outdoor Play

In this module, participants will examine planning and programming strategies for outdoor play. Reflecting on theories and how they might be applied to practice, the module will focus on the planning cycle that begins with intent and leads to the implementation of experiences that are exploratory and discovery based. Strategies including trial balloons and the scientific method of inquiry will be introduced as ways to enhance and extend experiences.

In this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Reflect on the underpinning theories that support children in their outdoor play experiences.
  2. Examine invitations and provocations as they relate to play and to the place, people, time and experience provided.
  3. Examine planning cycles that support intentional teaching and outdoor play and learning.
  4. Examine various invitations that can be provided that support four-season play.
  5. Analyze the scientific method of inquiry as a strategy to encourage children’s outdoor play and learning experiences.

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Module Includes

  • 7 Lessons
  • 25 Topics
  • 2 Quizzes

Responses

  1. What is intentional teaching and what strateges or concepts can you use from this module to enchance children’s outdoor play experiences? For intentional teach ing t o occur i need to act on the child’s intrests with the purpose of sharing my knowledge as their researcher by helping them to extend play . This could be by invitation of loose parts , books, or other activities like art. I need to make their outside play a experience they would to conditinue to explore. I would like to explain to families that outside play is a very important part of learning and developing their child’s skills. Ican do this by giving children a balance approach to learning with an understanding of theoies and by applying this knowledge to outdoor play.Iwill teach the children to look, listen and think about the natural world that we can visit every day what is the same, different and what may change tomorrow.The children need the freedom to decide what they wish to play with and learn about i need to be a co-constructer to their learning. Ineed to remember these children are my teachers too.

  2. This was a very informative module! I have so many notes to reflect on….hoping to build on my practice as an Early Childhood Educator.

  3. I enjoy reflecting on the children’s play. I take a lot of photos and make notes about what things I introduced and whether they were interesting to the children and for how long. Can I add to them and make them more interesting? I learn a lot from those experiences about each child and about my own obstacles as an educator.

  4. Keeping a journal is a great way to keep notes on a daily basis. Having children curious of an activity keeps the excitement growing.

  5. Whenever I see children’s curiosity in their play, I document that and reflect something from it. That’s when I can plan some intentional programming related to the child-led play.

  6. We do evaluations to get feedback. I observe, take notes and take photo’s to do daily posts and on our website. I remember TAP and the emergent curriculum textbook from my school days.

  7. I am definitely going to start using a journal to record the observations I make about the children’s outdoor play.

  8. I have a reflective journal that i like to use, it is a great tool. I go through out my day jotting down bits of information, things I am observing or things that I may over hear the children saying and at the end of my day I will reflect on ways to expand on their interests.

  9. To record children learning it’s a day by day work, to note our observation and by making invitations and triggers to see how they will react.

  10. When we reflect on children’s outdoor play we consider the child’s experiences of learning. When we engage on reflection
    We will gain knowledge and our perspectives may change for an individual or in group play. I have a journal, which I use when I see a change in a child. I find this very handy to look back on. I use my journal to add to my documentations