Play Out : How to Develop Your Outside Space for Learning and Play (Paperback)

Introduction A Quick Tour of PlayOut PART 1 1.First Steps Making the Case ? Benefits for Children 2. Making the Case ? Benefits for the Whole Setting and Beyond 3.Overcoming Barriers 4. Getting Everyone Involved 5. Finding Professional Help 6. Managing Your Project 7. Keeping Everyone Involved and Informed8.Measuring success PART 2 9. The Process of Change 10. The Importance of Planning 11. Where are we now?12. Where do we want to be? 13. How can we get there? 14. Making the Changes PART 3 15. Deciding on Design Elements 16. Up, Down and Side-to-Side 17. Nature and the Elements 18. Designing in Appropriate Challenges 19. Inclusion and the Outdoors PART 4 20. Resources 21. Case studies 22. Tools 23. Directory