Outdoor Learning Training: Let’s Learn Programme for EYFS

Our Outdoor Learning Training: Let’s Learn Programme for EYFS is designed to help early years practitioners confidently deliver high-quality, purposeful outdoor learning. At The Muddy Puddle Teacher, we combine practical strategies, child development knowledge, and our soft resources toolkit to support focused teaching in EYFS through engaging, play-based outdoor experiences.

What Is This Outdoor Learning Training?

This specialised outdoor learning training course focuses on how to use outdoor environments to deliver intentional, focused teaching within the EYFS framework.

You’ll learn how to move beyond unstructured outdoor play and instead create meaningful learning opportunities that support early development across all areas of learning.

Our approach blends:

• Outdoor learning principles
• EYFS curriculum knowledge
• Play-based, child-led learning
• Use of our soft resources toolkit to support engagement and inclusion

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Why Outdoor Learning Is Essential in EYFS

Outdoor learning plays a vital role in early years development. Young children learn best through movement, exploration, and hands-on experiences—all of which are naturally supported outdoors.

This training will help you:

• Deliver focused teaching outdoors, not just free play
• Support communication, language, and social development
• Improve engagement and concentration
• Create calm, regulated learning environments
• Meet EYFS outcomes in a meaningful, practical way

What Is Focused Teaching Outdoors?

Focused teaching in EYFS means having a clear learning intention while still allowing children to explore, play, and lead their own learning.

Through this training, you’ll learn how to:

• Plan outdoor activities with clear learning goals
• Balance adult-led and child-initiated learning
• Use questioning and interaction to extend learning
• Observe and assess progress in outdoor environments

Using Our Soft Resources Toolkit

A key feature of our Let’s Learn training is the use of our soft resources toolkit.

These are carefully selected, low-demand, open-ended resources that:

• Support engagement without overwhelming children
• Encourage curiosity and exploration
• Help scaffold learning and communication
• Provide structure while maintaining flexibility

This approach is especially effective for supporting a wide range of learners, including those with additional needs.

What You’ll Learn

This outdoor learning training course is practical, hands-on, and designed for immediate impact:

🌿 Planning for Outdoor Learning in EYFS

• Linking activities to EYFS outcomes
• Creating purposeful, engaging sessions
• Making the most of your outdoor space

🌿 Delivering Focused Teaching Outdoors

• Strategies for adult-led learning
• Extending child-initiated play
• Effective questioning and interaction

🌿 Supporting Communication & Language

• Using outdoor environments to develop language skills
• Encouraging interaction and storytelling

🌿 Using the Soft Resources Toolkit

• How and when to introduce resources
• Supporting engagement and inclusion
• Adapting for different needs

🌿 Observation & Assessment

• Capturing learning outdoors
• Identifying progress and next steps

Who Is This Training For?

This course is ideal for:

• EYFS teachers
• Early years practitioners
• Nursery and preschool staff
• Childminders
• School leaders and EYFS leads

Whether you’re new to outdoor learning or looking to refine your approach, this training will give you the confidence and tools to deliver high-quality practice.

Benefits of This Outdoor Learning Training

By the end of the course, you will:

• Feel confident delivering focused teaching outdoors
• Understand how to link outdoor learning to EYFS outcomes
• Have practical ideas you can use immediately
• Be able to support a wider range of learners
• Improve engagement, behaviour, and learning outcomes

Why Choose The Muddy Puddle Teacher?

We specialise in outdoor learning training for EYFS, offering:

• Practical, easy-to-implement strategies
• A unique soft resources toolkit approach
• Expertise in early years development
• Training designed for real-world settings

We don’t just talk about outdoor learning—we show you how to make it work.

Book Your Outdoor Learning Training Today

If you’re ready to take your EYFS practice outdoors and deliver focused, meaningful learning, our Let’s Learn trainingis the perfect place to start.

Get in touch today to book your Outdoor Learning Training for EYFS and transform your outdoor provision.