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A Recycled Sandpit Kitchen

Sep 13, 2012 | Developing School Grounds & Outdoor Spaces, Early Years Outdoors

Last week I was facilitating an evening training session up at Gardenstown Playgroup. It is one of the privileges of my work, that I get to visit different settings and to see lots of different ideas in action. I particularly like seeing what settings do with small...

A Swedish Skogsmulle Session

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...

Czech Pre-schools – A Forest Project for All

Oct 26, 2011 | Early Years Outdoors, Whole School

Whilst in the Czech Republic in October 2008 I had the opportunity to visit three nurseries which had undertaken very different approaches to getting children outside and ensuring frequent regular contact with nature. This is the first of three blog posts about my...

The tripod made from guttering

Oct 13, 2011 | Play Resources

Every good idea is worth sharing. When I was undertaking my Skogsmulle training course, we were shown how to make a tripod very quickly and easily, in less than a minute… The trick is to put your three poles on the ground and loosely weave the poles together...

Skogsmulle – Learning for All the Senses

Aug 27, 2011 | Early Years Outdoors, Nature Play & Learning

One weekend in August 2011, a special event took place in Sweden just outside Stockholm. The first International Skogsmulle training course. To my knowledge it is the only international course ever offered by the Friluftsfrämjandet organisation....