free flow inside outside play

[sparky]

We do free flow on the days we have four staff - with 2 inside and 2 outside and the children split between inside and outside.

We tend to have different experiences outside. For instance this week we have had bikes, prams and scooters at one end of the patio with water painting (decorators brushes), musical instruments, large cars. We are restricted at the moment as the grassed area is very long and as most parents don't provide wellys for their children we only allow them on the grass if they have wellys. In the summer we have a much wider range of things out for them to do.

Also we find the weather affects what we do outside too.

We find free flow great in as much as the inside area is much quieter. We have also found that some of the children who are so full of energy are much calmer outside.

Its still early days for us and are still finding our feet with it!

Hi Brandy,

This is a list of equipment that we have been given:

Rain gear and wellies

Blankets, sheets, and ribbons, in various colours, shiny netting, etc

natural materials such as pebbles, shells etc

wood pieces & logs

Large hollow wooden blocks and planks

Milk, bread, and beer crates

ropes long and short (Needs adequate supervision)

bags and baskets, including back packs, suitcases and a shopping trolley

containers all sorts including flower pots

boxes

brushes - wide range of decorating brushes and brooms

kitchen utensils, pots and pans (good for music percussion)

hose pipe

guttering and pipes and builders cement-mixing trays

chalk

clothes horse (the old wooden ones are best)

tyres: range of sizes

Garden tools: long and short handled fork, spades and rake

Wheelbarrows and other transporters

watering cans

umbrella

joining materials such as pegs, strings and tape

This web site may be useful

www.gflscotland.org.uk/

[Brandy]

thanks for the list very useful will show my supervisor today.

[Chelltune]

Originally Posted by sparky

We are restricted at the moment as the grassed area is very long and as most parents don't provide wellys for their children we only allow them on the grass if they have wellys. In the summer we have a much wider range of things out for them to do.

Could you not provide wellies or ask parents to donate outgrown ones? My daughters nursery have a shelf full of wellies and also waterproof trousers.