Welcome to Prairie & Pine

Your practical home for seasonal outdoor learning.

As a Setting Member, you have access to a growing collection of ideas, guidance and resources designed to help your team make meaningful use of the outdoors throughout the year.

Everything inside your membership is created with real early years practice in mind. Our approach is rooted in the Curriculum for Excellence, Learning for Sustainability and Realising the Ambition, while remaining flexible enough to respond to your children, your environment and the changing seasons.

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This Month at Prairie and Pine

Discover this month’s seasonal ideas for your setting, including inspiration for developing your outdoor environment, seasonal experiences and provocations, Curriculum for Excellence connections, growing and harvesting guidance, cooking ideas using seasonal produce, and practical suggestions for involving your whole team.

Explore September
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Monthly Archive

Revisit previous months and explore seasonal ideas, growing guidance, recipes and outdoor learning inspiration from earlier in the year. These resources remain available throughout your membership, allowing your team to return to them whenever they are relevant to your children and setting.

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CPD and Events

Discover upcoming Prairie & Pine training, workshops and professional development opportunities created to build confidence, deepen knowledge and support high-quality outdoor practice across your team.

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Resources and Recommended Products

Explore helpful articles, practical guidance and carefully selected resources to support outdoor learning within your setting. You will also find links to products we use or recommend, making it easier to source useful equipment, tools and materials through Amazon.