Sep 8, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
Most classes love any water play. Many children will join in and explore with enthusiasm and gusto in their own preferred styles. Many years ago, one of Tom Sensori’s blog posts was very helpful in terms of understanding the behaviour and actions of my group in...
Sep 5, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Play Resources
Bread crates have to be one of the toughest and most versatile resources around. At the school where I work on Fridays, they are used daily by children in a free flow capacity and during lunch times too. One question I am often asked is, “What learning is taking...
Sep 1, 2012 | Art & Music Outdoors, Personal & Holidays
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...
Aug 25, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
Last year, after attending the Skogsmulle International Training Course in Sweden, I thought it would be prudent to organise some sessions to help me learn more about the approach. Very kindly a P1 class were up for the experiment so we went out for six sessions, just...
Aug 18, 2012 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
Last August I was privileged to attend the first International Skogsmulle Training Course in Sweden. As part of the training we visited Mulleborg I Ur och Skur Nursery and participated in the “Mulle Walk” into the forest. This was my second visit having...
