The Play Cards Series

Chalk drawing, denbuilding, crazy races, islands and sharks, nature activity, rainbow road and cloud gazing – just some ideas for play in this series of Play Cards.

Part of Thrive Outdoors Make Time For Outdoor Play – 17 downloadable play card resources developed to support outdoor play during COVID-19.

01 Drawing with chalk

02 Building with twigs and sticks

07 Kangaroos and frogs

08 Islands and sharks

09 8 Steps to Heaven

10 Cups and Downs

11 Nature activity Parents Bugs

12 Nature activity Parents Birds

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“Physical activity levels are far too low” – children’s health & well-being in Canada & Scotland

Dr. Mark Tremblay of HALO Research and Prof. John Reilly of the University of Strathclyde discuss childhood inactivity levels in Canada and Scotland from the Active Healthy Kids Report Card 2016 – one of the reasons we strive for physically active outdoor play for all of Scotland’s children.

14:19 Fund 2018 Annual Report

This reports on the progress of the 14:19 Fund in 2018.

A Practitioner’s Guide: Roberta’s Outdoor Learning Story

Roberta’s story- ‘My outdoor learning journey!’ Back in 2017, Thrive Outdoors started working with Glasgow City Council to create collaborative nursery partnerships across the city to explore outdoor play and learning. One of these partnerships was the Welly Wanderers led by the Jeely Piece Club and involving eight local nurseries in Castlemilk. We caught

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