29th June 2020
Garden Fun
Young outdoor explorers
Worm Charming: How many worms can you charm out of the ground? No digging allowed!
Growing outdoor explorers
Tweet Treats: To help find out what birds visit your garden, provide some bird food. It will encourage those birds to stay and more to visit. You can buy bird feeders from the shops, but why not make your own? All you need is some bird seed, some lard, pipe cleaners or string – or make one from pine cones you’ve collected. You can always thread cheerios on to a pipe cleaner and twist it into a circle. The birds love it!
Expert outdoor explorers
Rainbow Wind Chimes: Collect 5 - 7 sticks of varying lengths to create a colourful wind chime.
Going for a Walk
Young outdoor explorers
Maths Trail Cards: Challenge the children to find a different number of objects. E.g., find 2 plant pots, find 3 leaves…
Growing outdoor explorers & Expert outdoor explorers
Tiny Beastie Tally Trail: There are tiny critters everywhere! Next time you go for a walk, take a notebook and a pencil and keep a tally mark record of all the creatures you spot. Ants, bees, beetles, flies. Look closely under the leaves of any plants – you might see a caterpillar!
Exploring the Outdoors
Young outdoor explorers
Playdough leaf prints: Collect a selection of leaves from your garden or when you are out on a walk. Flatten out a handful of playdough and show the children how to carefully press the leaf into the playdough. Observe the pattern on the leaf’s veins and compare with other leaves. Are the patterns the same?
Growing outdoor explorers
Birdy Surveys: Bird watching is a fun, free activity. It requires no specialist equipment, just patience and clothing suitable to the season. Use this survey sheet to keep a record of what you see. Why not use your Bushcraft skills to build a bird hide to keep yourself hidden!
Expert outdoor explorers
Tree Workout: The ultimate green warm up using trees for exercise!
- Warm up with some arm swinging and brisk walking
- Find 2 trees – run between them, touching each one, 10 times.
- Find a big tree and put your hands on it at about shoulder level. Do 10 press ups against the trunk, keeping your legs straight.
- Face a tree, leaning your hands on it. Curl up one foot behind you while keeping the other leg straight. Repeat 10 times with each leg.
- Now lift one leg in front of you, bending your knee. 10 times on each leg.
- Jump as high as you can and touch the trunk - how high can you reach? Repeat 10 times.