Quality outdoor children's child care environments

	Photographs (by K. DeBord below) PlayLink (Imaginative Ways to create PLay Environments)
	Creating a connection between what is done outside and what is done inside enhances learning in both settings.
Home Domains of Quality Outdoor Environments Preschool Outdoor Environment Measurement Scale (POEMS) POEMS Development Team DVD on POEMS Coooperative Extension Fact Sheet on Outdoor Play Links	Fresh air is healthy. In Sweden even the babies sleep outside under a warm quilt or sheepskin. Have you thought about having snack outside? These preschoolers are eating small pancakes cooked on a grill. Teachers who show curiousity and not fear while asking open-ended question extend child learning and exploration. Are there safe places to explore that also are learning places like this? Return to POEMS homepage

Photographs (by K. DeBord below)

PlayLink (Imaginative Ways to create PLay Environments)

Creating a connection between what is done outside and what is done inside enhances learning in both settings.

art artwork

strollers

Fresh air is healthy. In Sweden even the babies sleep outside under a warm quilt or sheepskin.

campfire

Have you thought about having snack outside? These preschoolers are eating
small pancakes cooked on a grill.

worm

Teachers who show curiousity and not fear while asking open-ended
question extend child learning and exploration.

climbing

Are there safe places to explore that also are learning places like this?