The outdoor environment is an integral part of many early years settings and schools, but is it being used to its full potential? The Outdoor Classroom in Practice, Ages 3-7 offers guidance on how the outdoors can be used to teach and challenge children across a range of settings by drawing on forest school practice.Following a month-by-month format, it explores theme-related play experiences, planning, evaluations of how the ideas described were carried out and what impact they had on children''s learning and development. This fully updated second edition includes:over 150 new full-colour photographs to illustrate practiceactivities and objectives for both early years and KS1, including links to indoor playdiscussion and support for those working with children with special educational needsdetailed information on the role of the adult and of the environmentsections covering health and safety guidelines and specific risk assessment in all chaptersWritten by a leading authority on fores