Awell-planned outdoor area can, and should, enable children to make progress towards the early learning goals in all areas of the Foundation Stage curriculum. Just as indoor areas are organised and resourced to offer a wide range of learning opportunities, so the outdoor environment should be planned to encourage active learning across the whole curriculum.
Outdoor learning should be available to children as part of the permanent and continuous provision and, ideally, children should have free access between the indoor and outdoor areas for as much of the session as possible. For children to be able to make links in their learning, and to follow their own interests, they must be able to make choices and decisions and to develop ideas over time.
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