Natural playground ideas preschool

Add interest to the children's outdoor play areas with this inspiring educator compilation of simple mud kitchen and digging play spaces for children by The Empowered Educator. #mudkitchen #messyplay #outdoorplay #mudplay #sandpit #sandplay #daycareactivities

We think that natural elements should be a key part of any playground, not just an afterthought. It pays to start by creating a natural ‘canvas’, defining the main pathways where people will transition through the site (‘desire’ lines) and then create natural elements around that. Think about this from the start and then design …

Spring is almost here --- time to wake up from my hibernation and get these little cubs of mine outside! The warm sunshine never fails to make me want to spruce up our outdoor play spaces. We like to keep outdoor play, well, natural I suppose. So when I am planning outdoor play spaces for

I made a "worm farm" in 4th grade for a school project. How fun to have a permanent one in the backyard!

Right in the center of our natural playground we created a tire mountain! The kids absolutely love this addition!

Today I browsed Pinterest to find some fun outdoor summer activities for the kids! These are out-of-the-box ideas that you can make at home :) Use zip ties to put Christmas tree lights on the

Outdoor Classrooms provide a place for children to connect to nature. With so many areas where children are told "no" to the diverse ways they want to interact with nature, outdoor classrooms are often a "yes" place. Yes, please dig in the dirt. Yes, please dig with the log pieces. Yes, please climb on these fallen logs. I was introduced to the Nature Explore outdoor classroom concept as we developed a natural playscape at a local nature center. This research based process helped reign in…