by kindlinglily | Oct 29, 2010 | Case Studies
Being known as ‘Lily who plays out for a living’ has some drawbacks…..erm…. I’ll tell you what they are when I think of them… Excitingly, this winter, I will also be playing indoors too! A wonderful school has invited me into their...
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 19, 2010 | Creative Moments
If you were given a map like this one, you would have to check it out, wouldn’t you? I was given this map yesterday and followed it to a special place in the woods: And there, in the woods, I found all the fairie’s houses. Generations of them, some with...
by kindlinglily | Oct 8, 2010 | Forest School, Theory and Ideas
I have been thinking a lot about springboards this week. Not the swimming pool ones, but a playwork theory that was first described to me by Martin Maudesley; sometimes even if we want to stimulate free play for children, or encourage self directed learning we need to...
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...
