Infant and Toddler: Having Fun Outside

Going outside is one way of learning and exploring new things. Sometimes, just being outdoors helps our body to calm down and relax. It helps us to become creative and make the most out of almost everything we see in our surrounding.

The children were having free play outside when they started finding different things on the

ground. One child found a block and decided to share it with her friend. After, she grabbed a long wood chip and started waving in the air. Another child found a coconut shell that had fallen off our sensory wall display. He picked it up, showed it and gave it to me, pointing on the wall where it fell.

On the deck the child found a piece of wood with screws on it. One child was touching and exploring a screw and decided to call on her friend to let him experience what she had discovered. The other child came closer and felt the screw. They took turns holding the screw for a couple of minutes before I brought out some toys for us to play with.

Another child joined us and they decided to play with the lawn mower. Pushing it around and towards the small hill we have in our quiet cove playground.