Explain the characteristics of an enabling outdoor play environment

Qualification: Level 3 Diploma for the Early Years Educator
Unit: Unit 3.4: Contribute to enabling play environments
Learning outcome: 5 Understand how the characteristics of an enabling outdoor play environment meet the age, stage and needs of children
Assessment criteria: 5.1 Explain the characteristics of an enabling outdoor play environment

• The characteristics of an enabling outdoor environment will include the same characteristics of an enabling indoor environment (obviously adapted for outside play)
• With more space, outdoor environments should also offer opportunities for physical development
• Outdoor environments can also offer more opportunities for children to take risks
• Outdoor environments can also offer more opportunities for children to explore and experiemce nature