10 Diverse Outdoor Play Spaces & Materials

Activity

Using the knowledge you now have of diverse outdoor play spaces and your critical thinking skills, see how many of the below items you can find in your own community.

• You can complete this activity by looking online, taking your list out into the world with you, or using some combination of the two.
• When you locate an item take a picture or screenshot of it and check off the box.
• Make sure you are prepared to explain the thinking behind each selection, and if you are unable to find some of the items, do not get discouraged and instead reflect on why, and what it might mean.
• You will want to create a visual home for your pictures and notes, such as a slide deck, and your instructor will share a template that you can use for this in class.

Good luck and have fun!

Outdoor Play Space Scavenger Hunt

• ❑ An outdoor space that supports diverse nature relationships
• ❑ An outdoor space that supports decolonization
• ❑ An outdoor space that supports positive EID and holistic development
• ❑ An outdoor space that centres inclusion and accessibility.
• ❑ An outdoor space that is inaccessible and not inclusive.
• ❑ An outdoor classroom.
• ❑ An Adventure playground.
• ❑ A forest school.
• ❑ A nature play scape.
• ❑ An ECEC natural outdoor play environment.
• ❑ Loose parts and natural loose parts in an outdoor play space