child-directed outdoor play. Julie Mountain offers some guidance on
sourcing them.
Innovation and frugality: two words frequently associated with early years practitioners. As budgets become tighter, the need for creative resourcing becomes ever more urgent, so now is a great time to discover exciting outdoor play resources in the most unexpected places: skips, tips, attics and jumble sales.
The term 'free-and-found resources' is in common use, but it is worth just clarifying what we mean. Free and found refers to play resources that are donated, as well as found items - for example conkers, pine cones or shells. It also means scavenged objects from tips or bins. And for me, it also encapsulates objects bought for pennies, perhaps in a charity shop, jumble sale or pound shop.
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