Outdoor Play Space Assessment Tool - Edmonton

Early learning professionals, consultants, and educators from across Canada are now being trained in using the Assessment Tool in Support of Creating Children’s Outdoor Play Environments with a Sense of Wonder.  The tool, the first of its kind in Canada, examines 32 items grouped into seven domains: play zone, play environmental elements, physical movement and risk-taking, loose parts, experiential play, involving parents and families, and the role of early learning practitioners. Qualified assessors who have participated in training in the tool are able to examine play spaces and make recommendations to early learning centres that will advance their outdoor play spaces to support children’s natural sense of curiosity and wonderment.