Part A: Wonderful places for infants

1. If you worked in an infant program or had a family day home that accommodated infants, what arrangements (physical and other) would have to be in place so that the babies could nap outside?
2. Why do babies need to experience the motions of rocking and swinging?
3. What sound-producing features/materials would you provide outdoors for babies?
4. What would you provide that would give babies opportunities to bat, reach, kick, at grasp?
5. What would you provide so that babies had opportunities to crawl through, over, under?
6. What would you provide so that babies could pull themselves upright?
7. If you had an outdoor space without trees, what would you provide to ensure that the babies are protected from the elements?
8. You have taken a number of courses in which infant play and development was discussed. Describe a special feature you would add to an outdoor play space for infants. Why would you add this?

Part B: Preschoolers outdoors

Observe a group of preschool children playing outdoors. Identify 6 activities in which these children engage and take digital photographs of these. Your work must also include an explanation of what the children were doing in each photograph and how their play was supporting their development. Insert the photographs into a document and put your explanation below the pictures.