Apr 25, 2015 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors
A dry creek is just what its name suggests. It’s a simulation of a stream which has dried up, leaving stones and other mainly (but not always) natural materials for children to use in their play. I’ve seen lots of wonderful examples over the years. They...
May 13, 2014 | Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors
Recently I was browsing Childhood 101’s blog and stumbled across this post about using Uno to play an attribute game. It reminded me of several summers of serious card playing where my sisters and I played a lot of “Black Jack” which is similar to...
Mar 26, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning, Science Outdoors
Everyone needs a rock. Enjoy endless hours of play in the forest, in your back garden, at park, on the beach. Here’s some suggestions… Pebble Toss Create a hole. Each player needs 5 stones. Take it in turns to toss a pebble into the hole. The person with the...
Jul 25, 2012 | Art & Music Outdoors, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
Very often my blog posts are based upon random acts of discovery. An incident, event or landscape feature appears during my daily life which just lends itself nicely to a blog post and this is one of those. During my holidays, I was wandering down the main shopping...
Aug 28, 2010 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Science Outdoors
Rocks and landscape projects tend to be hugely popular with children. There is a natural attraction between stones and kids. When visiting The Coombes School, perhaps the most impressive development of all, is the geology trail. This is no ordinary collection of...