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Roll up your sleeves and get ready to embark on creative and imaginative adventures. Explore the environment through imaginative sculptures, models and detective work. Find ways to recycle and reuse, create your own imaginative play spaces in Rocket Journey and On the Bus or travel the world in Passport Check. Take turns and join with others in developing new skills and using all you senses. Eco-ventures offers a variety of exciting starting points for children of all ages and abilities to pick up and expand. The book has been written so that adults can develop the activities with children or children can use the book for ideas to develop themselves. All the activities have been successfully tried and tested with children aged 4-9 in various settings and we have found that the activities often spark children’s imaginations to take the ideas further in their own way. The activities in Eco-ventures: · are fun · can mostly be done with limited resources · are fully illustrated · describe what you need, how you can do it and where it can lead · can be used to explore particular areas of interest such as the environment, recycling, or the natural world · contain practical tips and flag health and safety points · provide opportunities for children to develop, play and learn at their own pace · include ‘snapshots’ of how other groups have experienced the activity · include ‘spotlights’ to support adults in thinking about their approach to working with children in a play or childcare setting. This book is part of the Can Do Series, an essential resource for all those who work with children from birth to 14 years in out of school playsettings including · childcare centres · drop in centres · after-school clubs · playschemes or playbuses · play centres · family centers, or · in the home Whether you are a childminder, playworker, family centre worker, day nursery assistant or manager you will find a rich source of ideas to help

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Community Detectives. How Does Your Garden Grow. Changing Things! Global Eco-ventures.

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