Making a Rope Ladder

Making a Rope Ladder

  A video tutorial how to make a rope ladder. I love this way of tying knots. The left hand side and right hand side of the body working together.   You can use the same knots with different lengths of stick or twig to make Christmas tree shapes. The large...
What happens after you feel the fear?

What happens after you feel the fear?

I didn’t know how much of this last week would be spent dealing with fear. Heights, the dark, spiders in the toilet, bigger kids. All normal parts of a week of play in a field on the edge of a wood. But what struck me again and again is the resilience and...
Bridge that gap

Bridge that gap

I’ve written before about building rope bridges among the trees and how fantastic they are for children’s motor development, encouraging social skills and confidence and being loads of fun. What I have also found is that adults who work with children are...
Did you used to climb trees?

Did you used to climb trees?

I have a source of pride to share with you; I was the best tree climber in my street as a child. I was small and skinny and could hold on to thin branches my brother and his friends were too big to handle. I loved climbing trees, we would climb really really high....

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