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Thank you to Sam Grimmett Batt for providing this post. This article was originally published on August 5, 2026 by UK Community Foundations. My kids just broke up from school for the summer. Alongside the relief that the morning scramble is over for a time and a growing panic about filling four more weeks, I’ve......
Going outdoors with young children is beneficial. Indigenous people have learned on the land for many generations. Many outdoor early childhood programs have been modelled after Scandinavian and Northern European programs where children spend the majority of the day outside. In the last 15 years outdoor and land-based (OLB) early childhood programs have expanded across......
We are excited to share a new resource developed by the National Panel on Regulating Outdoor and Land-based ECE and supported by former BELCD students Jade Groompike, Kiera Publow, Eva Quenneville, Hannah Raudssus (who now works with OPC as a project assistant!), and Emma Zimolong: a national map tracking efforts to regulate Outdoor and Land-Based......
Thank you to Dr. Beverlie Dietze, Dr. Kelsey Robson and Dr. Melanie Manitowabi for providing this post. This article was originally published in The Conversation. The same authors also wrote a blog post about this work for the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development’s weekly e-newsletter, published on July 21, 2026, here. Across Canada, every......
Thank you to the Saskatchewan collective for providing this post! The Outdoor Play Collective of Saskatchewan is a province-wide collaboration dedicated to advancing outdoor play as an essential part of everyday life. With a shared vision of a Saskatchewan where people of all ages engage in outdoor play year-round, the collective works to ensure that opportunities......
Advancing Outdoor and Land-based Outdoor Early Childhood Education in Canada – Come Join Us! February 19, 2026 Thank you to the CCOP’s Sub-committee on regulating outdoor and land-based programs for writing this post. Going outdoors with young children is beneficial. Indigenous people have learned on the land for many generations. Many outdoor early childhood......
In support of the Lawson Foundation’s Policy Brief: Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Learning as Early Learning and Child Care The Canadian Centre for Outdoor Play (CCOP) and the National Panel on Regulating Outdoor and Land-Based Early Childhood Education (‘the National Panel’), a collective within the CCOP, are pleased to endorse the Lawson Foundation’s October......
Thank you to Marnie Power for providing this post. This article was originally published in Playful Mindset. If you read early learning curriculum documents across Canada today, you might assume that play has always been central to how we understand children’s learning. Many educators certainly knew this long before curriculum frameworks formally acknowledged it. But......
Thank you to Dr. Louise de Lannoy, Executive Director, Outdoor Play Canada, and Kim Hiscott, Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Fleck Children’s Services, for providing this post. Why play outside when its cold? What are the benefits? The health benefits of outdoor play are clear and wide-reaching… but what about in winter time? Is it safe......
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