Sports & Outdoor Play

Outdoor Play in the Early Years

This book offers a thorough investigation of the outdoor area and outdoor play in any early years setting. It aims to stimulate and challenge practitioners to develop a truly effective teaching and learning environment by providing detailed guidance and discussion on organizing, managing and resourcing this environment.

Outdoor Play in the Early Years, Third Edition: Management and Innovation

Outdoor Play in the Early Years, Third Edition: Management and Innovation

POP: Planning Outdoor Play

Why spend funds unnecessarily when you could easily construct your own unique, safe, and creative play area? POP provides all the needed information for building your own neighborhood or child care center playground. Find new ideas fox incorporating learning areas and educational facilities into your site. OPOP can help turn a hard job into a fun-filled project!

Outdoor Play Everyday: Innovative Play Concepts for Early Childhood

For those in the field of teacher education and training who want update credentials or merely provide a more interesting outdoor play experience, Outdoor Play, Everyday: Innovative Play Concepts for Early Childhood is the book of choice. This book covers outdoor play experiences for children from birth to age eight, offers suggestions for creating developmentally appropriate practices, and gives examples of safe and accessible playgrounds. Special consideration is also presented for observing and assessing children's outdoor play.

Outdoor Play: Teaching Strategies with Young Children

Analyzing play within a framework of initiation, negotiation, and enactment, Jane Perry not only shows how teachers can support self-directed pretend play, but also connects and illustrates theories of play and children's culture.

Ready Set Learn! Paz's Sports Arcade

Have a ball shooting basketballs, pitching baseballs or rolling & scoring with your future superstar. Three fun games to choose from – basketball, baseball and roll n' scoreHelps kids develop motor skills and hand-eye coordinationEasy twist-n-fold design comes with storage bagIncludes five play ballsPortable design is sturdy enough for indoor or outdoor useToday's best sports are at your child's fingertips for hours of exciting indoor or outdoor play.

Coated Foam Sport Ball for IndoorOutdoor Use

Dont let bad weather stop the fun Coated foam sports ball is fun and safe for indoor or outdoor play Allows play on all surfaces waterresistant Ball Type Soccer Ball Diameter NA Materials Coated Foam Regulation Size NA

Environments for Outdoor Play: A Practical Guide to Making Space for Children

Exciting spaces to play are vital if we are to provide children with challenging, flexible, inclusive and stimulating opportunities to learn, develop and have fun together. This book provides readers with ideas for developing play environments that will meet the needs of the children in their care. It illustrates how improving the play environment also offers a better, more positive way of dealing with a number of issues from inclusion to playground management and the need to promote physical activity. It includes: clear frameworks for designing play environments; case studies showing examples of how play environments can be developed; ideas and activities which lead to interesting designs, with the participation of the children; practical examples, illustrations & photographs; research evidence showing the importance of good play environments. The book is aimed at practitioners and managers in all early years and children's play settings, and students on education, early childhood, child care and playwork courses. It is also very relevant to playground designers, landscape architects and community education and development workers.

Coated Foam Soccer Sport Ball

DETAILS: Coated Foam Sport Balls Fun and safe for indoor or outdoor play. Soccer Ball Size: 5 x 7 1/2 SOLD AS: Each STOCK NUMBER: SFC UPC: 710858009178

Hydro Sports Set

Throw, catch and play at the beach, pool, or even indoors, with this waterproof sports set. Revolution Flying Disc: Waterproof neoprene designOutstanding bounce action for added funFor indoor or outdoor playEasy to throw and catchExtra heavy-duty nylon edge binding for durabilityDimensions: 0.5"L x 12"W x 12"HHydroSmash Paddle Set: Soft, safe and fun paddle setMade of waterproof neopreneIdeal for indoor or outdoor playExtra heavy-duty stitchingIncludes 2 paddles and 1 ballDimensions: 2.5"L x 9"W x 16" HRookie Football: 6" football is easy to throw and catchUnique waterproof neoprene designDurable inflatable bladderGreat for indoor or outdoor playExtra heavy duty stitching for durabilityDimensions: 8.5"L x 6"W x 6"HStart sports early – and establish healthy patterns for life.Safety warning: This product contains small parts that may present a choking hazard for young children.