by kindlinglily | Feb 25, 2012 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
“So, what makes you feel comfortable?” This was the question I asked a group of seven to nine year olds this week. We were in the woods for the first session of our Forest School sessions and I wanted to help focus them on what they would be doing over the...
by kindlinglily | Feb 17, 2012 | Creative Moments
Last week a series of posters were doing the rounds, originated from Explorations Early Learning: http://www.explorationsearlylearning.com/shop5/posters.html This one really caught the imagination of a number of people on Facebook. It’s great isn’t it! It...
by kindlinglily | Feb 12, 2012 | Theory and Ideas
Sometimes I feel like describing ‘play’ is like drawing the wind. You can recognise it, you know what it looks and feels like, but it is somehow nebulous and hard to pin down. I have been working in the field of play and playwork for nearly fifteen years and yet I...
by kindlinglily | Oct 23, 2011 | Crafts and Projects
This is a wonderful creative technique that I often share with participants on training courses and with the children I work with. This week someone on a course made something so beautiful it reminded me I wanted to share this a bit more widely. Hapa Zome is the...
by kindlinglily | Aug 1, 2011 | Creative Moments
“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” Plato I recently spent a wonderful 24hrs with my friend and her daughter, my goddaughter R. Now aged six, this is a child I have known since before she was born, we...
