Supporting Outdoor Loose Parts Play

This course connects to the Green Space Outdoor Loose Parts Kit. It offers teaching strategies and extensions for open-ended possibilities. This training covers what loose parts play is particularly large loose parts play for outdoors.
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What's included?

  • Video Presentation
  • Course Activities
  • Resources
  • Certificate of Completion

Learning Objectives

  1. Identify loose parts and how they can stimulate play
  2. Assess a list of large loose parts that can be effective for children’s play
  3. Identify and incorporate the roles we play to support effective loose parts play

Learn at Your Pace

This course provides 1.0 hours of professional development for early childhood educators.

Participants are required to watch the training videos and complete the activities. Participants must receive a score of 80% or higher to receive credit for this course. 

Course certificates are emailed upon successful completion.
Meet the instructor

Mat Dusza

I was born and raised in Toowoomba, Australia. In 1997, I started my Early Childhood profession as a 2s/Preschool Teacher where I received a foundation and passion implementing a Reggio Emelia enriched program. In 2001, I found my next passion in mentoring and training Early Childhood professionals. Moving to the U.S. in 2002, my EC career continued as a preschool teacher then in Program Leadership, Administration and Professional Development.
In 2014, I started working with Green Space Learning in Professional Development. And, in 2019 helped to develop and now manage Green Space Playgrounds.
Patrick Jones - Course author