Legacy and Loss

On 1st January 2024 an amazing person died. Diane Kashin was an early childhood educator who reached out to others worldwide to make the future for all children more hopeful and positive. She wrote a blog with post after post of supportive and reflective thoughts for...

100 Felted Seats Project

Since visiting Sweden in 2008 as part of my Churchill Fellowship, I have been inspired by the felted seats I saw at Mulleborg I Ur och Skur (In Rain of Shine) Outdoor Nursery. I came home and in due course acquired some merino wool to make my first felted seat. To my...

Can I go on the computer Mum?

This blog post is written by Lesley McLaren, Admin Assistant at Creative STAR  🙂 It’s a lovely example of problem-solving and maths in an outdoor and family context. Enjoy… I have heard this question quite a lot over the holidays from my 10 year old son TM who...

Bug Off: The Game of Outdoor Warfare

Last week I had the privilege of interviewing Tom Hall, 14yr-old Games Designer, and joining him and his family for a game of Bug Off. Tom has spent over two years developing the game and refining the rules and design. It is currently designed for 2-4 players, but...

Boggle Hole

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...

The Tarp Personality Test

Up and down the country, outdoorsy people have a bit of tarp tucked away or perhaps proudly displayed somewhere. Whilst it does not carry the same level of status as a car, what type of tarp you have and your opinions about tarp can reveal a lot. Oh yes! Take this...

The Stone Jetty Ramblings

I feel like I should be apologising madly for being a disorganised blogger. I know a lot of people pop by this site around this time of the year as the school year begins. In a perfect world, I’d be giving you my “Top 10 tips for starting outside with your...

An 80-year old nature diary

Earlier on this summer I was visiting my parent’s house and waiting for me was my grandmother’s nature diary from 1931-32. As you can see from the cover, this was part of my gran’s course work. She was studying to be a governess at Charlotte Mason...

St Kilda – A Different Place

In the summer of 2011, I had a trip of a lifetime. My husband kindly surprised me for my birthday with a trip to St Kilda. We were in the middle of a family holiday on North Uist which was the inspiration for this blog post. For those of you who don’t know, St...

Going Freelance

“When we walk to the edge of all the light we have, and we take the step into the darkness of the unknown, we must believe that one of two things will happen. There will be something solid for us to stand on, or we will be taught how to fly.” Patride...
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