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Our fungi resource is full of ideas to celebrate the wonderful world of fungi. It includes activities, logs with images and the names, art templates, subitising resources and so much more.
Comment ‘fungi’ for the link (free for my members or available as an individual purchase). It is one of my favourites from last year!
Sep 29
Conker caterpillars are such good fun! Thank you so much for all of the downloads of this one, I’ve loved seeing them in action.
Comment ‘conker caterpillars’ and I’ll send the link over (free for my members or available as an individual purchase). If you’d like to join the membership which gives unlimited access to all resources, use the code EARLY10 for 10% off.
The bowls and big tweezers are from the lovely @hope_earlyyears - link in my bio and use the code KTOUTDOOR10 for 10% off their range.
Sep 28
Measure the autumn finds…
Use our printed resource alongside your own autumn finds to compare and measure. Which is the shortest/tallest? Lots of gorgeous early mathematical language to come out of this one.
Comment ‘autumn measuring’ for the link sending over - free for my members or available to purchase as a download.
It doesn’t have to look great, throw in lots of items to measure along with non standard units such as cubes and then include rulers and tape measures if the concept is understood. Send the children off to find their own autumn finds to compare and find out which is bigger, taller, smaller, wider, longer etc…
Sep 28
🍁Autumn leaf wands🍁
All you need are chunky sticks, leaves and wool/ribbon. Comment ‘autumn wand’ for the resource link sending over (free for members or available as an individual download).
For the youngest children, use pipe cleaners instead of wool/ribbon as this is much easier for their hands to manipulate.
#autumncrafts #outdoorlearning
Sep 26
Using a conker (nut) clamp and palm drill is a great way for little ones to make holes in conkers for their crafts. It’s also a good workout for their developing finger and hand strength. Try making conker rockets, caterpillars, spiders or wreaths using the conkers. The ideas are in our conker clamp activity set - comment ‘conker clamp’ and I’ll send the link over or find it on my website. It’s free for members or available as a one off purchase.
Sep 24
As the leaves start to fall all around us, help little ones match up the leaves and talk about which tree they come from.
There’s a well known statistic where 1000 children were surveyed between the ages of 5 to 16 and 82% could not identify an oak tree leaf!
Let’s change that statistic and get children outdoors exploring nature, identifying leaves and having fun.
Comment ‘leaf ID’ for the link to the sheet (free for members or available as an individual purchase).
#outdoorlearning #earlyyearsoutdoors
Sep 23
