Adventure Education : Fun Games and Activities for Children and Young People

This essential guide promotes learning through activity-centred adventure experiences, providing skill development, social education and personal development for practitioners, teachers, support staff and youth groups. This book offers advice and practical guidance on planning, setting up and running adventure education sessions with children and young people. Divided into two parts, it gives an overview of adventure education, explaining how it relates to holistic and outdoor learning and how it encourages active engagement from the learners as well as the instructors. Adventure Education provides a toolkit of various games and activities that can be used with groups of young children, including parachute games, card and musical activities, and climbing and traversing games. This book will be essential reading for all Early Years practitioners, Primary teachers and support staff wanting to develop their skills and deliver adventure learning effectively, as well as youth groups looking to provide informal learning as well as physical opportunities. Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 3 Copyright......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures......Page 8 Preface......Page 9 PART I THE THEORY......Page 10 1 Introduction to adventure learning......Page 11 2 A brief philosophy and history......Page 14 3 Holistic learning......Page 19 4 Defining adventure and adventure learning......Page 25 5 Uniting the West and the East......Page 27 6 Adventure learning and the school curriculum......Page 33 7 Learning and developing......Page 38 8 The team and its leadership......Page 41 9 The adventure learning instructor......Page 45 10 The adventure participant......Page 47 11 Risk assessment......Page 50 12 The adventure curriculum......Page 53 13 Delivery of adventure learning......Page 58 14 Outcomes of adventure learning......Page 62 15 Theories associated with adventure learning......Page 64 16 Theories associated with leadership and management......Page 93 PART II THE TOOLKIT......Page 118 17 Introduction to the toolkit......Page 119 18 Practical considerations......Page 123 19 Being an adventure learning instructor......Page 129 20 Icebreakers and energisers......Page 133 21 Teambuilding games......Page 147 22 Wide games......Page 161 23 Problem-solving games......Page 171 24 Parachute games......Page 185 25 Musical games......Page 190 26 Card games......Page 193 27 Just being outdoors......Page 199 Canoe and kayak games......Page 210 Raft games......Page 215 Archery games......Page 217 Climbing games......Page 220 Bouldering games......Page 226 Traversing games......Page 228 29 Why review activities and games?......Page 231 30 Tools for reviewing......Page 237 31 And finally .........Page 247 Appendix 1 Sample lesson plans......Page 255 Appendix 2 Survival game scenarios......Page 262 Appendix 3 Sample risk assessment......Page 270 Appendix 4 Sample route card......Page 272 Indexes......Page 274 Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- Preface -- PART I THE THEORY -- 1 Introduction to adventure learning -- 2 A brief philosophy and history -- 3 Holistic learning -- 4 Defining adventure and adventure learning -- 5 Uniting the West and the East -- 6 Adventure learning and the school curriculum -- 7 Learning and developing -- 8 The team and its leadership -- 9 The adventure learning instructor -- 10 The adventure participant -- 11 Risk assessment -- 12 The adventure curriculum -- 13 Delivery of adventure learning -- 14 Outcomes of adventure learning -- 15 Theories associated with adventure learning -- 16 Theories associated with leadership and management -- PART II THE TOOLKIT -- 17 Introduction to the toolkit -- 18 Practical considerations -- 19 Being an adventure learning instructor -- 20 Icebreakers and energisers -- 21 Teambuilding games -- 22 Wide games -- 23 Problem-solving games -- 24 Parachute games -- 25 Musical games -- 26 Card games -- 27 Just being outdoors -- 28 More adventurous activities -- Canoe and kayak games -- Raft games -- Archery games -- Climbing games -- Bouldering games -- Traversing games -- 29 Why review activities and games? -- 30 Tools for reviewing -- 31 And finally ... -- Appendix 1 Sample lesson plans -- Appendix 2 Survival game scenarios -- Appendix 3 Sample risk assessment -- Appendix 4 Sample route card -- Indexes 'Adventure Education' provides a toolkit of various games and activities that can be used with groups of young children, including parachute games, card and musical activities, and climbing and traversing games. This work will be essential reading for all Early Years practitioners, Primary teachers and support staff wanting to develop their skills and deliver adventure learning effectively, as well as youth groups looking to provide informal learning as well as physical opportunities