Disclaimer: Activities with children must always be risk assessed, including for allergies or choking. Children must always have adequate supervision. Resources and materials must always be appropriate for children’s age and stage of development.
Let’s go outside! Making ramps
Playing with ramps is a fun activity that will see children play and explore as they investigate cause and effect and forces.
Learning aims
- Experiment and investigate the concept of cause and effect
- Build and experiment with making a structure for a purpose
- Work together taking turns and sharing ideas
- Develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Motivating staff to go outside
By encouraging your team to embrace being outdoors, you’re supporting children’s learning and development as well as their physical health and emotional well-being.

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