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Foraging for Fruit – A Way to Love Gardening

Jul 25, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening

I have a very small garden. It suffers from benign neglect. It is my Garden of Experiments. I used to see what will grow happily if not looked after very well. My theory was that the plants which flourish here will survive the ins and outs of a school garden. I...

Lunch Time Play at Inverallochy School

Jul 18, 2013 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Health & Wellbeing

Just before the summer holidays began, I was back up at Inverallochy School. Three years ago, the children and staff began the process of developing their school grounds. When they began, the grounds looked like this: And now they look more like this photo which is...

Daisy Footprints

Jul 10, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

We are all encouraged to work out our environmental footprint, but have you ever considered your impact on daisies? Luckily they are tough little flowers that seem to withstand people treading on them. A nice maths activity is to find out how many daisies you can...

Beach Play – 10 Ideas

Jul 5, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

“In every curving beach, in every grain of sand, there is the story of the Earth.” Rachel Carson With the summer holidays either approaching or begun, then there is nothing better than a visit to the seaside. Living in the north of Scotland, I am spoilt...