We’ve come to the end of #30DaysWild for another year. Our wild activities have been quite low-key this year due to being mostly restricted to the garden but we have enjoyed doing some nature crafts. Sophie had a fun afternoon making some nature fashion accessories. We used leaves to make a crown and a necklace,… Read More
We’re taking part in #30DaysWild once again this June. If you’ve not come across #30DaysWild before, it’s a challenge set by The Wildlife Trusts to do one wild thing each day in June and connect with nature. We always enjoy getting outside, taking a closer look at nature and learning new things along the way.… Read More
Sophie has been enjoying our various outdoor learning sessions over the last few weeks. We’ve created a little ‘Muddy Puddles’ area in our back garden as a space for her to explore, dig up, look for mini beasts or grow things. We see a lot of worms in that area when she is digging away.… Read More
One of the things I’ve enjoyed about doing home learning with Sophie has been thinking of ways to take our learning outdoors as much as possible. One of Sophie’s home learning activities was to make a 3D shelter. This was a great activity to take outdoors, using the sticks that we’d collected as part of… Read More
Making a solar oven and using the power of the sun to do some outdoor baking has been on my list of things to try with Sophie for a while. A sunny Saturday with temperatures rising to over 30˚C was the perfect opportunity to give it a try. It’s a fun science activity for children… Read More
#30DaysWild is now over for this year. We’ve enjoyed taking part in this challenge from the Wildlife Trust to connect more with nature every day in June, joining in with “random acts of wildness”. This was our third year taking part. It’s been a brilliant way of encouraging us to get outdoors every day –… Read More
One of my Christmas presents to my husband last year was a box of envelopes – each labelled with the month that he was to open them. In each of those envelopes is a note or an item relating to an activity I have planned for the month. Our activity for July was to go… Read More
