Early Years Outdoor

Exploring Nature, Nurturing Growth: We are Early Years Outdoor

Where it began…

Katie Taylor, the founder of Early Years Outdoor.

My passion for outdoor learning began early in my career as a primary school teacher, where I witnessed the powerful impact that time in nature has on children’s learning and wellbeing. In 2019, I embarked on my journey to become a Forest School Leader, which deepened my commitment to helping children build meaningful connections with the natural world.

My first book, The Nature Adventure Book, was published by DK in March 2020 and offers a wide variety of outdoor learning ideas for children. I am currently writing my second book, focused on the joys of mud kitchen play, which will be published by Bloomsbury in July 2026.

Over the past seven years, I have developed a collection of outdoor learning and nature inspired resources for educators and parents to use with young children. My aim is to make nature based learning both accessible and inspiring. I enjoy creating each resource and do so with the knowledge I have gained over my teaching career of nearly twenty years. I hope you and your children love using them as much as I enjoy creating them.

Katie Taylor in the countryside