by kindlinglily | Jun 1, 2016 | Creative Moments
The Wildlife Trusts are running a challenge for people to spend June connecting with nature. I’m keeping a diary of how I spend my wild days. Day 20- Wildlife Rescue. We found a tree bumblebee, exhausted and just sitting on someone’s leg. We popped it on a...
by kindlinglily | Oct 25, 2015 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
“Play is a biological necessity that puts the child in the driving seat.” The play theorist Bob Hughes inspired the recent Forest School Association conference with his words about play. There were challenges in that speech for us all too. He talked about when...
by kindlinglily | Jun 11, 2015 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
When I walk into the woods it’s nice to try and see what invitations there are for the senses; a whiff of wild garlic, dappled light, a splash of yellow woodland flowers, birdsong, an uncurling frond of bracken, you know, the things that really invite your...
by kindlinglily | Jun 7, 2015 | Theory and Ideas
I love listening to the birds. For many years I’ve not know who I was listening too although I can know pick out more than I used to. Last year I was introduced to Jon Young’s introduction to the five voices of the birds. Rather than focus on who it is he...