With the promise of summer around the corner we’ve been searching for the best outdoor toys and resources for pre-school and primary aged children to enjoy! With the current Covid-19 restrictions meaning children can only play with others outside of school, outdoors at the moment..these resources will hopefully […]
Leaf printing always excites children, the pictures they can produce are beautiful! Not only does this activity enable them to have a go at printing with leaves but it also extends their learning by encouraging them to measure the length of leaves and record the data. Great for […]
Todays activity is Water Rockets! Here’s how we made and launched our very own water rockets* . What did we use? Pop bottles Paper PVA glue Football pump Football pump adapter put in the middle of a wine bottle cork. Water Colouring crayons How did we make […]
It’s Autumn! Not only have we been looking at some autumn based crafts this week but we’ve compiled our list of our 5 current favourite Autumnal books for young children. Any ones you think we should have included and need to know about? Please let us know! Our […]
It’s starting to look a bit Autumnal now and we’ve had a great time collecting leaves that have fallen from the trees for our craft activity. We wanted to get organised and think of some Halloween ideas for next month, so here’s our ‘Leaf Pumpkin Sun-catcher’ craft. If […]
Looking for non-fiction and fiction children’s books about wildlife? We’ve complied our current favourite wildlife books for young children. You can see them all on our amazon influencer shop front here too. Bugs and Butterflies– This brilliant book not only teaches children about mini beasts but has fun […]
It’s been a beautiful, sunny week and it’s meant we’ve had some lovely, clear skies in the evening. We’ve been making the most of this by letting the kids stay up a bit later to try out this MoonScope. What is it? Nancy B’s Science Club MoonScope is […]
Learning about how plants grow can be a fascinating subject for children from early years and beyond. I love the look of wonder on a child’s face when they try to comprehend how a tiny seed can grow into a large plant! But what resources (childrens books, learning […]
With this gorgeous weather, I’ve been keen to find ways to reinforce letter formation whilst still enjoying being in the garden. Over the colder months we’ve spent a lot more time practising sensory ways of forming the letters of the alphabet and I’ve been a little concerned that […]
One of my favourite activities to do with children is to look for Wildlife. Not only is it lots of fun, but by creating a scrapbook of the Wildlife they encounter it becomes a fantastic learning opportunity. I was therefore delighted to discover we could create beautiful Wildlife […]
