Free eBooks

Free guides from First Discoverers for early years practitioners. Choose an eBook to download your copy.

• Defining the Outdoor Classroom eBook A complete guide to outdoor learning and play in the early years: why children learn so well outdoors, how to think about risk, and how to create an outdoor space where every child can play.
• EYFS Developmental Milestones eBook A review of the significant milestones in the first five years of a child’s life, from the world of the newborn to the EYFS “twilight zone” of 40 to 60 months.
• The Science of Childcare eBook The research behind childcare best practice, covering cognitive, linguistic, social and emotional, physical and creative development, and how to relate the theory to your setting.
• What Makes an Outdoor Learning Environment? eBook What an ideal outdoor learning environment looks like, where the idea came from, and what to consider when creating one for your setting.