Natural Play Spaces - Children In Nature - Maryland Department of Natural Resources A space intentionally designed or designated to integrate natural components into a place for structured and unstructured play and learning. This nature play space will: Provide an important early connection for children with nature and create future environmental stewardsProvide an opportunity for both physical and creative playSupport children’s physical, intellectual, and socio-emotional development
Taking Joy Out of Learning | ChildCareExchange.com Reality Bites | ChildCareExchange.com Being With a Child | ChildCareExchange.com Apps for Preschoolers -- Yes or No? | ChildCareExchange.com Grow Me Safely Kidsafe NSW was the winner of the 2014 Nursery & Garden Industry Awards - Industry Innovation Award category for the ‘grow me safely’ website resource! Kidsafe NSW recognises the importance of gardening with children to build life skills, inspire creativity, grow and harvest food, role model safe practices and a respect for nature. ‘grow me safely’ was developed to provide information for educators, parents and carers to engage children in gardening activities. Gardening with children is promoted in the National Quality Framework for Education and Care Services, and the NSW Primary Syllabus. Instructions To use the website, click on the 'grow me safely' sign above, locate the green watering can at the bottom of the web page and slide it from left to right to reveal the elements of the website. Click here to download a printable version of plants to avoid. Acknowledgements Thank you to the following individuals and agencies for the expert advice regarding website content:
Value of Solitary Play | ChildCareExchange.com Learning to make good decisions and solve problems in early childhood This material is also available in PDF format: Learning to make good decisions and solve problems in early childhood [653KB] pdf Skills and qualities for making decisions (content changes below) There are certain qualities and skills that help children make thoughtful decisions. Self-esteem: to feel ok about themselves even when they go against what their group wants. What does problem solving involve? Most times, when children are making decisions they will not use all the problem-solving or decision-making skills suggested below. Managing feelings If a situation is upsetting, children first need to be aware of and able to manage their feelings. Working out what the problem is At any time we all hear, see and feel many more messages than we can attend to. Ali and Cameron were fighting over a toy. So the problem is that two people both want the toy. If the children are three or older you could say: "Can you think of some ways we could solve this?"
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