30 Days Wild from The Wildlife Trusts is the UK’s biggest nature challenge! The challenge is for you to do one wild thing a day throughout the month of June. That’s 30 simple, fun and exciting Random Acts of Wildness: we’re hoping that you have plans to participate with your children. It’s official! 30 Days …
A book a day for nature play – week 1 of 30 Days Wild Read More »
Not long ago, I was contacted by Mary Bermingham, of the Burren Nature Sanctuary in County Galway, Ireland, inviting me to talk about how I became a ‘nature educator’ for the podcast she set up in response to the first lockdown in Ireland. Mary is clearly a very energetic and driven person, and apparently cannot …
Just like us, Muddy Faces wants to share the passion for outdoor play and learning, and is driven by a desire to help anyone seeking to provide all children with more time and stronger experiences outdoors. So they are really excited to announce the launch of their brand new online magazine ‘The Outdoor Practitioner‘ – and …
There’s no such thing as bad weather… only your attitude to it. Read More »
We were greatly looking forward to Nancy Striniste’s in-person presentation as our international speaker for the 3rd Early Childhood Outdoors professional gathering last March – but of course her visit to the UK had to be postponed. Based in Arlington, Virginia (USA), Nancy is an imaginative landscape designer who specialises in creating nature-rich outdoor spaces …
Outdoors is Plan A: Taking Learning Outside During Pandemic Times Read More »
It’s always exciting when a new collaboration comes about that joins up more of the people and organisations who share the mission of enabling young children to have more frequent, longer and richer experiences in and with the outdoors – just what Early Childhood Outdoors is about! In August, Marina Robb, advocate for the integration …
In a post earlier this year, I shared my six favourite children’s books to support play with dandelions to celebrate the confluence of World Book Night and Earth Day on 22nd April. Now, just over half of the year later, on the other side of the seasonal cycle, it’s time to celebrate one of my …
Rocks Rock: celebrating international stonework playday Read More »
It’s that wonderful time of year once more: time for gathering natural resources and finding colour. And due to the marvellous weather we had back in the Spring that so suited pollinators, what a spectacular and abundant year it is now for fruits and seeds! Felicity Thomas has previously shared with us stories of her …
A marvellous collaborationA bespoke online bookstore for almost all of the books for adults on Outdoor Play published in the UK (and some from beyond) is now available, thanks to a great collaboration between Early Childhood Outdoors and Richard Myers at Books Education. Richard has been providing a fantastic range of books on all aspects of …
Outdoor play books now all available in one place! Read More »
Liz Edwards, founder of Muddy Faces, and I met way back at the beginning of this century (2001 I think it was) and we’ve been working in an increasingly collaborative way ever since – the core of this began 10 years later with our shared love of and belief in MUD. This year, International Mud …
Making a Mud Kitchen grows ever more international for Mud Day 2020! Read More »
Building on the great success of our little booklet Making a Mud Kitchen, each year Liz Edwards and I collaborate in producing a freely available resource (funded by Muddyfaces) to support our shared vision and goal of more children thriving outdoors, more often and for longer, benefiting from richer and more meaningful environments offering authentic, …
