Risky play activities for preschoolers

Risky play may make teachers nervous but children are capable and competent to make their own decisions about how they use their own bodies in unstructured outdoor play.

Risky play is all the rage at the moment on social media, which is great because it has tremendous value for children. There is also quite a bit of fear about, mostly because people don’t know what it actually looks like, and what it entails. So what exactly are risky play activities for children? Here are 25+ examples of risky play. #riskyplay #riskyplayactivities #riskyplayoutdoors #foresctschool #preschoolactivities #parentingtips #riskyplaytips #preschool

Facebook Instagram Pinterest How often do you find yourself saying, “Be careful” throughout the day? If it is too often to count, then you need to read this guide on risky play. There is something about risky play that is so thrilling. It gives that tickle feeling in your stomach. When was the last time […]

Do you allow your children to take risks in their play, or do you wrap them up in cotton wool? Laura England considers the benefits of allowing children to play as they would like, developing important life-skills alongside a greater understanding of risk.

Tool play is so important for children, and develops many key skills and abilities. Using tools in forest school allows children to experience danger in the form of risky equipment. It helps them to manage risk, and become completely involved in the activity that they are doing. But what forest school activities can young children from the age about three or four upwards do safely? #forestschool #toolplay #riskyplay #forestschoolactivities #preschoolactivities #riskyplayideas…

Risky play in the early years was never something that would come up in conversation for past generations. Now there are researchers actually studying “risky play” and how beneficial it is for...

Welcome to another OPP & the last before Christmas & for 2013. Thanks to everyone who has linked up in 2013, helped me by doing guest posts or taken the time to leave comments. The buzz word at the moment in play is loose parts, it means so many different things to different people but here is my interpretation in an outdoor context. Loose parts can be plastic & natural in my opinion. Loose parts are anything that children can move about by themselves or with the help of others, so I count…

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I set up this activity a couple of weeks ago specifically aimed at one little boy in my care, K. I took and kept photos so always wanted to...

Children that engage in risky play become more confident, happy, and more ‘well-rounded’. When we see children climbing trees, rolling down hills, jumping off logs, and just generally having good physical fun, it just seems clear that good things are happening. Here's why risky play is important for kids, and we give some great examples of risky play activities for preschool. #riskyplay #riskyplayactivities #riskyplayideas #riskyplaypreschool #riskyplaybenefits #prechoolactivities…