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Outdoor Lesson Plans
Outdoor lesson plans provide teachers with structured, practical ways to take learning beyond the classroom. By delivering lessons outdoors, children can engage in hands-on experiences that support understanding, creativity and wellbeing across the curriculum.
On this page, you’ll find a wide range of outdoor learning lesson plan ideas for EYFS, KS1 and KS2. These lessons are designed to be easy to deliver, curriculum-linked and engaging for all learners.
Why Use Outdoor Lesson Plans?
Outdoor lesson plans help teachers deliver meaningful learning experiences in a practical and engaging way. They allow children to explore concepts through real-world experiences, making learning more memorable and effective.
Using structured lesson plans also helps reduce planning time while ensuring learning objectives are clearly met.
Outdoor Maths Lesson Plans
Outdoor maths lessons help children develop key skills such as number, measurement and problem-solving through hands-on activities.
These lessons encourage children to apply maths in real-life contexts, making learning more meaningful.
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Maths Estimating Year 1 (5&6yrs)
What does this video resource include? 1 x Vlog describing activities you can do to enhance your maths session in Year 1 estimating using this autumnal theme and ideas session How can I use this resource? Watch the video on Maths Estimating Year 1 and get top tips...
KS2: Perimeter (Outside in Autumn)
What does this resource include? 1 Instruction Video giving a lesson idea for taking perimeters outside using natural items in autumn How can I use this resource? Use the advice given and ass it to your teacher planning How can a more active curriculum support the...
(KS1) Estimating: Maths
What does this resource include? 1 Vlog Giving you tips on how to take estimation outside in autumn at KS1 How can I use this resource? Use it for ideas and input it into your lesson planing How can a more active curriculum support the Neurodiverse? Read this...
Outdoor English & Phonics Lesson Plans
Outdoor English lesson plans support reading, writing and communication skills through engaging, creative activities.
Taking phonics and literacy outdoors can boost confidence and encourage reluctant learners to engage more fully. Looking for wellbeing resources? Read our blog post on wellbeing and mental health for children.
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Poetry Alliteration and Similes (Home Learning)
Home Learning Activity Poetry Alliteration and Similes Use this pack to help your children flourish at home with this home learning activity. Teachers: Try not to print this off, download and email to parents or take a screen shot and text. Here are some...
Personification
Personification KS2 ⇒This lesson is best achieved outdoors. ⇒ Do it in all weathers ⇒ Uses natural resources ⇒Single Lesson Plan Use this action-packed lesson to help teach personification through active and nature-based ideas. Active learning can be a great way to...
Phase Two Phonics Nature Posters
Use these phase two phonics nature posters to get more authentic and in context pictures for children to relate their phonics to. Often children have lots of colourful pictures, which may be hard to translate for some children. Using nature to guide us, we give each...
Outdoor Science Lesson Plans
Outdoor science lessons allow children to explore the natural world through investigation and enquiry. These lesson plans support topics such as habitats, materials and seasonal change.
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Lifecycle of a broad bean
Apply The lifecycle of a Broad Bean as part of our Year 3 Scheme of Work for plants.
Transporting Water Plants Investigation
Apply Transporting Water Investigation as a nature-based experiment for Year 3's.
Transporting Water in Plants
Transporting Water in plants is a great activity to use post outdoor learning to assess the children's understanding.
EYFS Outdoor Lesson Plans
Outdoor learning is central to EYFS, and structured lesson plans can help practitioners deliver high-quality, play-based learning experiences.
These plans support all areas of development and are designed to be flexible and easy to implement.
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KS1 Outdoor Lesson Plans
KS1 outdoor lesson plans help children develop key skills while building confidence and independence. Lessons are designed to be practical, engaging and curriculum-linked. We have lots of inspiring & easy lesson ideas.
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Relaxing in the Rain (Wellbeing)
Wellbeing: Relaxing in the Rain ⇒Use the Relaxing in the Rain lesson plan to make the most of outdoor learning. Do your children go out and play in the rain enough? No, well, link in your PSED or PSHE through this simple little lesson plan smothered with joy. ⇒Single...
Mindful Mud (Wellbeing)
Wellbeing: Mindful Mud ⇒Use the Mindful Mud method and let mud and mess make you all feed good! ⇒Single Lesson Plan We will experience: A chance to get messy and have fun with mud. To recognise our feelings and how to calm our emotions. To think of simple ways to...
Worry Leaves (Outdoor eBook)
Worry Leaves ⇒This eBook can be read outdoors in indoors, with tasks to do outdoors after ⇒Single Text We will experience: Listening to a story and understanding what it means and its purpose A wellbeing method to help calm worries The activities involved are: ...
KS2 Outdoor Lesson Plans
Outdoor learning in KS2 allows for deeper thinking, problem-solving and teamwork. These lesson plans support a wide range of subjects and learning objectives.
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Muddy Yoga Display Cards
Muddy Yoga Growth Mindset (Full Pack)
Use Muddy Yoga Growth Mindset to add some muddy, outdoor wellbeing techniques to your PE and PSHE lessons
Muddy Yoga Growth Mindset
Use Muddy Yoga Growth Mindset (Free Pack) to take your yoga outside.
Ready-to-Use Outdoor Lesson Plans
Looking for fully prepared lesson plans you can use straight away?
Our outdoor lesson plans are designed to save you time and provide engaging, curriculum-linked activities for EYFS and primary school.
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Outdoor Maths Lesson: Converting Capacity (KS2)
10 Ways to Take Capacity Outdoors (KS2) By The Muddy Puddle Teacher Capacity is one of those maths concepts that truly comes alive when children can see it, pour it, and experiment with it. Instead of imagining millilitres and litres, outdoor learning allows children...
Outdoor Maths Lesson: Converting Mass (KS2)
10 Ways to Take Converting Mass Outdoors (KS2) By The Muddy Puddle Teacher Understanding mass can be tricky for children when it’s only taught through numbers on a page. But when children can hold, compare, and build mass using real objects, it suddenly becomes...
Outdoor Maths Lesson: Converting cm to m (KS2)
Top 10 Outdoor Sustainable Ideas for Converting cm to m (KS2) By The Muddy Puddle Teacher Converting centimetres to metres can feel like a tricky concept for children—until they can see and experience it in real life. Taking this learning outdoors allows children to...
Let Us Help You Grow
If you’re looking to confidently deliver outdoor learning across your school, explore our training courses designed for teachers and practitioners. We also have a very supportive blog offering free outdoor learning ideas but also matters that mean something to you and us as practitioners, such as teacher pay, TA pay and Ofsted.
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Outdoor Learning Weekly Planner
This is for use for trainees only.
Podcast S1E1: Let’ talk all things Muddy!
The world has been crying out for an Outdoor Learning podcast and finally, here it is! This is the very first episode of The Muddy Puddle Teacher podcast with teacher, consultant, mum and author Sarah Seaman. Mum of two little ones and in 2018 she created an outdoor...
Muddy 500 Challenge (Resource Pack)
The Muddy Challenge 500 is a new initiative launching in September 2021 - this is the full pack and can be accessed by Gold and Silver Subscribers only. Children have a full year to get 500 extra hours outside. That could be through outdoor learning, home...
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