We had such fun on our woodland walk today. The girls relished having so much space to run in. They gathered lots of natural materials on their treasure hunt: leaves, seeds, fircones, moss. They used them to make some nests and also to make some jewellery too. We brought some small lengths of wool with us and use them to tie together some jewels – favourite leaves the girls chose from their treasures. We tied the brooches on to their coats and they pretended to be forest fairies off to a party in their finest clothes.
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Aha we did a woodland walk yesterday afternoon and then stopped and had tea and scones it a lovley little cafe (hut really) and the boys climbed trees and it was just how things should be, so muddy they had to strip before coming too far into the house!
Fantastic! I think the mud level is a barometer for great outside fun.
That is so beautiful and creative. Gives the children something to be proud of.
CJ xx
This is a lovely slideshow. Thanks for sharing and advertising its presence on Twitter.
I’m from Scotland and the interest is booming in getting children outside during school hours.
Best wishes
Juliet
what a wonderful slide show… we love the woods!
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