by Ellie | Sep 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
A colour hunt is probably the simplest scavenger hunt to do! We used cardboard from a few boxes. Made them into board shapes. Added colour dots and words. Grabbed the tape and off we went! It is fabulous when children are able to go off in all directions hunting for...
by Ellie | Sep 2, 2021 | Woodworking with kids
Recently in our sessions some of the children have shown an interest in making traps. Not just track traps, but actual traps. So out came the survival books!! We looked through the books and the children choose a couple of traps to make! Working as teams they used bow...
by Ellie | Feb 21, 2021 | Musings
The name is a well known one, Forest School… In some people’s minds it has become concurrent with any sort of outdoor learning done within a woodland setting. Or for some I have met, it simply means more general outdoor learning…. True Forest School...
by Ellie | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This week’s topic is all about planting a sensory garden. Our senses…. We as humans have five main senses, Sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. I feel it is important to consider all of these senses when planting a garden as each one has a different key...
by Ellie | Jan 21, 2021 | Thursday Thoughts
A fabulous little book from Usbourne Books (we got ours from our local Usbourne Representative here) What the Publisher says…. The Usbourne site say, “Step outdoors with this book and wave goodbye to boredom! Open a bug hotel, read the night sky and go...
