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Nature BINGO!
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, May 2, 2020
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Who doesn’t love a game of bingo? This idea was inspired by my daughter’s board game bird bingo. We love playing it as a family. It got me thinking about playing bingo on a nature walk or looking out your window. Nature BINGO! pen or pencil notepaper pri ...
5 Minutes in the Woods
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, May 1, 2020
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Today’s activity is the first of a series. From now on I am going to visit the same woodland every week to record a 5-minute video. That way if you do not have access to woodland for your daily exercise you too can head to the woods once per week. One of the many thing ...
Design a postcard
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 30, 2020
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This idea came to me from an interaction with my son. He has been doing some observational writing for school and sent a copy to his grandmother. She was moved to tears when she received it. She is currently at home isolating alone and is feeling lonely and anxious about ...
Super Share
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 29, 2020
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Hello lovely Tree House Learning community! Today we are doing something a little different. Today I am sending you a few links of organisations that are doing there best to ease the home education burden and are offering free nature-themed educational resources, just like ...
Pressing Flowers
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 28, 2020
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This idea also comes from my daughter. She is loving the spring flowers and the time we are getting in nature together each day. She had the idea that we could pick a few of the spring wildflowers we see on our walks and press them and create a display of them to hang in t ...
Identifying Spring Flowers
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 27, 2020
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This idea came to me from my daughter. While participating in the rainbow hunt last week she made the observation that we had photographed mainly flowers. Then she started asking the names, some we knew, some we didn’t. So she suggested that this week learn their na ...
Naturally Dyed Dandelion Playdough
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 26, 2020
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Who doesn’t love playdough?! It is great for building those fine motor skills, fun to make and fun to play with. So let’s make some play dough that is died with natural ingredients — dandelions! Naturally Dyed Dandelion Playdough This recipe comes from Pa ...
Sensory Nature Cutting Tray
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 25, 2020
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This idea came from Kids Craft Room. They have loads of fabulous ideas so are worth checking out. It is really simple and is aimed at the younger of our Forest School friends. Sensory Nature Cutting Tray You will need: a variety of natural objects that are different text ...
Leaf Printing
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 24, 2020
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Remember all those leaves you picked to make rubbings? Do you still have them? Yes? Great, because we are going to use them again today. This time we are going to paint them and print then on paper. Leaf Printing You will need: leaves paint paper paintbrushes Gat ...
Rainbow Hunting
- Posted by: April Gutensohn, April 23, 2020
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Today’s idea was inspired by my daughter and her love of rainbows. She is obsessed. She was pointing out colours of things and mentioning how satisfying it is when she can find rainbows in her environment and I thought, “I bet she is not the only child who find ...