by Ellie | Oct 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
A quick outing today to a local park! And a fab way to run the kids round for an hour! We started with a wander along the park’s paths along the riverbank. Oak and ash line the banks interspersed with willows and the occasional horse chestnut. The river was high after...
by Ellie | Sep 7, 2020 | Musings, nature curriculum
When I went walking in the woods, a badger took my hand. He led me down the furthest path and there we found a band. The hedgehog played the mandolin, the rabbit played trombone. The Fox he played the tambourine and the weasel the saxophone. The forest animals...
by Ellie | Sep 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
In the whirlwind of preparations for returning to work this week the journaling slipped somewhat and I have lots to catch up on! Some things I have to write up This seems to be a really amazing year for acorns!!! Absolutely masses of them!! A giant clam James found in...
by Ellie | Aug 26, 2020 | Musings
So, many people ask us why we often let chunks of grass grow around here!! Well apart from the sheer scale of the mowing here…. here are two pictorial reasons! We are starting to see small areas of real biodiversity appearing in between the mown bit!! One day we...
by Ellie | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
In a continuation of our #slownaturesunday I thought I would share with you some of my journal entries (and there will be more shared over on Instagram and Facebook!) And the thing I have found with two small children 2 and 4 is you often don’t get the level of sit...
by Ellie | Aug 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
So we have chosen a book and thought about why we want to start Nature journaling. My chosen journal, maybe a little large but plenty of space too! There are so many studies proving a real connection between nature and happiness. The mental health...
