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10 Ideas for Playing in Long Grass

Aug 27, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

One of the best things about the summer is how quickly everything grows. In long grass, there are lots of different grasses and wild flowers to be found. Not only is this good for minibeasts and other wildlife, there are also many traditional games and past times...

Boggle Hole

Aug 24, 2013 | Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Personal & Holidays

One aspect of outdoor learning that many practitioners can forget is making the link between outdoor experiences and how this impacts indoors. Where outdoor learning is an established way within a school or setting, the indoor environment reflects this. This is the...

Beautiful Miniature Worlds

Aug 16, 2013 | Art & Music Outdoors, Literacy Outdoors, Social Subjects Outdoors

At the Turriff Show, one of my favourite competition’s were the children’s miniature worlds. They are beautiful and a good example of how encouraging children to put thought into the design and time into creating the displays pays off. The outdoor...

Back to School – 10 Things You Need to Find Out

Aug 9, 2013 | Health & Wellbeing, Literacy Outdoors

Going back to school after the holidays is always exciting. If you are getting a new class, then often the first few days are spent on introductory activities which help everyone get to know a bit more about each other. One activity I often used to do, was a...

Best in the Show

Aug 6, 2013 | Community Involvement

On Sunday I finally made it to the Turriff Show, which is the biggest 2-day agricultural show in Scotland. This was a wonderful event with lots of ideas, food for thought, and big machinery. I find wandering around such events, gives me good inspiration and an...