Getting muddy with your kids 1 There’s growing research evidence that exposure to nature is essential for children, and that it improves mental health and…
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Take it outside More children can identify a Dalek than an owl; the distance our kids stray from home on their own has shrunk by…
Featuring a mini hay field, hidden railway and amusement park
We used our rope bridge and knot making skills to make a assault course. everyone fell off, more or less. But we…
Campfire cookery This is what everyone thinks of I’m sure, when I start to describe what we do. But although there’s a lot more to…
Rope bridge Working with ropes and knots gives us the chance to teach children a practical skill (tying tuff together is useful wherever and however…
Ground pictures Ground pictures are a good example of whats so brilliant about being on the woods: they use simple materials and aren’t difficult for…
Mini shelters On Wednesday at Claremont we spent a whole day with the group designing and building tiny shelters to deal with every type of…
Here’s a short film about a Forest pre-school in Norway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp4Nny_rIiw&sns=fb July 2009 – Outdoor preschool in Norway Children are taught to manage risk, rather…
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