Outdoor Commentary Pack

A practical EYFS Oracy resource to support high-quality adult-child interactions in outdoor play.

This pack helps you feel confident in what to say and when, using a simple four-step approach to build communication, vocabulary and sustained shared thinking.

Perfect for Nursery, Reception and KS1, it supports adults to:

Notice and assess children’s play
Model rich, purposeful language
Ask open-ended questions
Extend thinking without interrupting play

Includes printable lanyard cards for quick, in-the-moment support.

What’s Included:

Outdoor Commentary Posters for mud kitchen, water play, digging and investigating and den building/large construction.
Adult interaction prompts: observe, comment, question, extend
Printable lanyard cards
Sentence stems and open-ended question prompts

Please consider not laminating these resources, unless you really have to. Instead, you could:

Mount onto wood and seal with varnish
Use reusable plastic wallets or clipboards
Store lanyard cards in badge holders
Display under a covered area outdoors

Please note: This is a digital download only. No physical product will be sent. Once purchased, you will receive the files to download and print yourself.