LINKS TO THE EARLY YEARS FRAMEWORK

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IDENTITY: Children develop a sense of security with familiarity. Yackandandah Kindergarten provides regular sessions of outdoor learning that helps children build and explore their identity.

COMMUNITY: Through firsthand experiences children develop an awareness of their impact on the local environment and get involved in caring for nature.

WELLBEING: Regular contact with nature relives children’s minds and ignites curiosity. Outdoor environment allows children to expand and refine their abilities, mentally and physically.

LEARNING: Ever changing outdoor environment invite hypothesising, imagination, interaction, problem solving and experimenting.

COMMUNICATION: Children love to share stories, use natural resources to create art and interact with others and their surroundings to create music.

 

NATIONAL QUALITY STANDARDS

• Outdoor play promotes children’s agency, enables them to make decisions and influence their world. Quality Standard 1

• Learning outdoors promotes children’s health, through relaxation, physical activities and spontaneous experiences. Quality Standard 2

• By encouraging children to spend time in a natural outdoor environment they have the opportunity for independent exploration and to participate in real life projects and care for the environment they life in. Quality Standard 3

• Routinely taking children outdoor supports them to manage their own behaviour, teamwork and communicate effectively to problem solve. Quality Standard 5

• “Contact with nature is critical for our physical, mental, social and spiritual wellbeing. It has positive effects on our ability to concentrate, learn, solve problems, relax and create “