Like many people around the country, we marked the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a little party. We decided to have our party in our back garden rather than join in with a socially-distanced street party by having the party out front. It was a nice idea but the back garden was a much… Read More
One of the many things I’m enjoying about doing more outdoor learning with Sophie is teaching her about different plants and flowers. She’s getting quite good at identifying the different plants that she spots in the garden. We’ve been taking a closer look at flowers recently, and learning more about the different parts inside a… Read More
Welcome back to Country Kids. I hope that you are all keeping well and safe during this time. While we’re still in lockdown, Country Kids will be running as a fortnightly linky. I’m continuing to keep the focus on activities that can be done in the garden or close to home.  So if you… 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
There are a few changes to the Country Kids linky this week. With the UK now in lockdown due to the coronavirus and everyone advised to stay in their homes as much as possible, it doesn’t feel right to be encouraging people to share their outdoor adventures further afield. Instead, I’d like to encourage people… Read More
Making oobleck has been on my list of things to do with Sophie for a while now. I thought it would be something fun to do as part of our outdoor learning at home. Messy play with a bit of science thrown in – what’s not to like? Oobleck is made from a… Read More