by kindlinglily | Apr 24, 2011 | Crafts and Projects, Forest School
I took my fire top popcorn maker with me to the woods this week. Had I known it would be it’s last outing, I might have marked its passing in some way. The children were intrigued by the popcorn maker. A conversation I had with a group of 9 and 10 year olds went...
by kindlinglily | Nov 14, 2010 | Crafts and Projects
I’ve been mulling over in my mind whether I should write a ‘how to’ for making simple animations. This is mostly because I am still learning and trying things out myself, but, it is so exciting I just have to tell you where I have got to so far. I first tried to do an...
by kindlinglily | Oct 26, 2010 | Crafts and Projects
I remember back to when I first started working with children, and I remember distinctly the first group of children I ever took into the woods. We followed a trail that was marked with posts and signs and the children loved running from one signpost to another,...
by kindlinglily | Oct 12, 2010 | Crafts and Projects
In my early twenties I used to go to Oxford once a fortnight and my treat was to go to the Pitt Rivers museum of anthropology. I was always fascinated by the shrunken heads from the Amazon Basin. When I found a how to in an old craft book I had to have a try. That was...
by kindlinglily | Oct 7, 2010 | Crafts and Projects, Forest School
Rope Bridges These last few months have seen an increase in the number of rope bridges I have been making with Forest School groups. It is interesting to notice how each group takes the same basic springboard and has their way of using it. With the younger nursery age...
by kindlinglily | Oct 7, 2010 | Crafts and Projects
This is what happens when I get trapped in the house on a rainy Sunday. I’m putting together a howto soon, but first I am going to do some more with the kids in the woods next week.
