Elemental Play and Outdoor Learning - Young children's playful connections with people, places and things

This book draws together well established ideas and theories based on outdoor play and experiences, connecting them to eco-psychology and spiritual development in children. It considers socio-cultural perspectives, guided participation and mediated learning and playfulness as it looks at encounters with young children and their developing interest in the people around them, the environment they experience and the ideas and objects that involve them. Aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, it includes relevant case studies throughout and explores current thinking about natural experiences, interest in Forest School activity and a fresh insight into dynamic ecological concepts.