We are fortunate at TIS to have a beautiful campus, filled with grass, plants and trees. Best of all we have lots of space for the children to be able to move about in and explore. We feel that time spent outside is extremely important in helping children develop. While outdoors, not only do they have the chance to interact with nature (sticks, leaves, chestnuts and stones are treasures for a young child, as many of us remember from our own childhoods) and breathe fresh air, but they also have the opportunity to develop many skills. In the photos below you will see children strengthening muscles and developing motor skills as they dig, swing, ride tricycles, run and carry large objects. They also develop social skills as they take turns, both in conversation and in using resources. Imaginations are stretched and vocabulary is developed as a scooter becomes a bus or car, and a pile of sand becomes a cake or soup. At both the sand pit and the water table, children develop a sense of capacity, as they fill and empty containers. As Autumn approaches, we look forward to exploring our campus a little more, and will take 'trips' to collect chestnuts, acorns and beautiful leaves. When Winter arrives, we might be lucky enough to get to play in the snow, making snowmen and snow 'angels'. Then in Spring, we get to watch in awe as the leaves begin once again to grow on trees, and blossoms appear. Soon enough, it is Summer again, and the children enjoy being barefoot in the sand, and playing with water again.
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