Apr 30, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors
In my last post, 10 Little Stick Activities, I mentioned the game of Pick Up Sticks. This is fun, good for all ages and a nice way to introduce sticks to a class. Here’s another useful little idea that one course participant showed me when training in Perth last...
Apr 26, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning
The Stick Box Sticks are possibly the most versatile play resource that nature ever invented. These ideas do not even begin to cover the possibilities… Wishing Sticks Find a small forked twig that is just the right size for you and a friend to grasp with your pinkies...
Apr 23, 2013 | Art & Music Outdoors, Early Years Outdoors, Maths Outdoors, Science Outdoors
Some days are extremely wet. Thankfully we have waterproof skin that means we can cope with being outside on rainy days. One day I was working with a group of children who have additional support needs and so out we went to make the most of the rain. When...
Apr 16, 2013 | Community Involvement, Nature Play & Learning
You know you are going somewhere good when all you can hear is children laughing and other happy sounds coming out of a woodland. This was my introduction to Broxburn Family Centre’s Out of School Care. For more than a week of the Easter holidays, they have...
Apr 13, 2013 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening, Science Outdoors, Technologies
In March I was facilitating a twilight workshop about gardening in the Early Years. Here in Aberdeen City, many practitioners work in settings where vandalism happens if anything is left outside, including children’s gardening efforts. So one of the things we do...
