May 30, 2015 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening, Literacy Outdoors, Technologies
Recently I blogged about making seed packets from unwanted books. This is a brilliant concept in that it’s an informal approach to children continuing to interact with text in a way that is short, sweet and fun. When I posted this blog, Mark Paterson, the...
May 14, 2015 | Early Years Outdoors, Gardening, Nature Play & Learning
I have never been a big fan of the commercial flower presses. They are fiddly to use, a fixed shape and usually too small at that. Normally I just press flowers between by inserting them between kitchen roll and sticking them inside a big heavy book. This is fine at...
May 9, 2015 | Community Involvement, Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces
In April I had the privilege of visiting in New Zealand. Although it was a whistle stop 6 days involving training one day and flying the next, I did pause to catch my breath in Christchurch. I met up with an old friend and children’s citizenship and...
