Activity Title: Clove hitch
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 04/02/2012
Straight forward knot often used in the outdoors. It is a little tricky to learn but once mastered it is amazing how many times you use it. From tying string onto sticks to make leaf mobiles, using it to build obstacle courses or balance lines.
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Activity Title: Log Splitting Jigsaws
Donated by: Bishops Wood Centre
Date added: 04/02/2012
Two activities in one.
Small children love splitting small logs and lots of them then trying to put them back together again (exactly!) – hey presto instant jigsaw!!!!
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Comment by: Elizabeth
Date added: 15/02/2012
This is a perfect example of a child led experience. Jon said they had no intention of putting the wood back together yet the children spent more time doing this than splitting the wood. Exactly what forest school facilitates. I hope there are a few more activity ideas donated to the swap shop that have been generated by the children.
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Activity Title: Den Building
Donated by: MuddyFaces
Date added: 14/02/2012
Here is a web version of our Den Building Leaflet
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Activity Title: Creeping Fox
Donated by: Catherine Beaumont
Date added: 11/02/2012
This is a variation of the 'Sleeping Miser' game in Joseph Cornell's book, with a twist, I think from Chris Holland's book. The child (or adult!) sits in the middle of a large circle made by the rest of the group. Each member of the group has chosen a special item from the woods to try to get to place next to the person sitting in the middle.
The person in the middle, 'sleeping miser' or 'prey', sits eyes closed, or blindfolded holding a water spray. (Garden centre variety plant sprayer).
The idea of the game is to get your special item to the middle without getting sprayed with water. Each time you get 'hit', it's back to the edge of the circle!
I have found the edition of the water spray extremely popular! :O)
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Comment by: Elizabeth
Date added: 15/02/2012
Ha Ha I have never used a water sprayer, can see how this would be oh so popular!
I have done this activity with younger children using a large tarp with a dragon (adult) in the middle. Also works well with older children where they take turns being the dragon. The tarp rustles making it even harder to creep in (good if your woodland area is particularly quiet underfoot) also can be played in a school yard or field. In the absence of water we just pointed but still great fun. I was amazed how quietly a large group of children would sit as they watched their classmate creeps in to steal the dragons treasure.
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Activity Title: Ropes
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 05/02/2012
Ropes
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Activity Title: ms
Donated by: win fenton
Date added: 11/02/2012
Another cute Nature loving activity and essential for the current weather conditions, is pine cone feeders. Fasten a piece of string or cotton around the cone to fasten to a twig or branch in the tree. Push lumps of cold lard into the pine cone spaces. Some people use peanut butter instead! Roll the lardy/peanutty cone into a tub of bird seed. Voila!!! Bird feeders and you can redo them when the birds have munched the seed and lard. http://www.diyalert.com/files_crafty/birdseed7.jpg
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Activity Title: Tripod Shelter
Donated by: Wendy Elsdon
Date added: 04/02/2012
A straight forward tripod shelter design that is a simple and an achievable activity with most age groups..
In this activity Wendy uses an old Christmas tree for the foliage this could be a good idea for some schools who do not have access to very much natural resources cut up some old xmas trees for den and shelter building.
Saw use and Knot tying
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Activity Title: Making a kazoo
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 04/02/2012
A Kazoo is a musical instrument or general noise maker depending on the skill of the person making it and the person playing it. Basically an elastic band vibrates in a cavity banging against the walls and as the air is blown through the cavity. Welcome any better descriptions of how kazoos work. A Piece of wood is cut and split and the little cavities carved out with a knife. This document was created about 6 yrs ago so some of the techniques and positioning will have changed. It is essential if carrying out this activity with groups that you have the correct training and experience of using these tools
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Activity Title: Environmental
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 05/02/2012
Environmental
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Activity Title: Welly Walk
Donated by: Anne Close
Date added: 14/02/2012
Anne Close -
Early Years Foundation Stage Advisory Team - Camden Borough Council
This is an early years session plan for a welly walk it covers Aims of session, Resources required, The adult role, The children's Activity, H&Safety, Anti Discriminatory anti-Bias practice, How, by taking part will the children’s self esteem be promoted, How, by taking part in this activity will the children’s independence skills be promoted?, Which Schema(s) may be accommodated within this activity?
This session Links to EYFS – PSED, CLLD, PRSN, K&U, PD
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Activity Title: Senses
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 05/02/2012
Senses
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Activity Title: Creatures in the wood
Donated by: Amanda Honour
Date added: 06/02/2012
We talked about the creatures who live in our woods and where they live, then we made our own creatures in tree branches, under logs etc. Made out of bread dough with any woodland 'bits' as eyes, legs etc, they were eaten after we left them in the wood.
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Activity Title: Mallet Making
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 03/02/2012
This activity uses tools to create a mallet out of one piece of wood. This document was created about 6 yrs ago so some of the techniques and positioning may well have changed but it gives good information on how to make a mallet using a bow saw and billhook. It is essential if carrying out this activity with groups that you have the correct training and experience of using these tools.
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Comment by: Julie
Date added: 21/02/2012
I had a go at doing this during my Forest School training and it is awesome!!
I couldn't believe I had made such a fantastic oject from one solid piece of wood - the sense of achievement was huge and I have used my mallet in the forest since!
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Activity Title: ms
Donated by: win fenton
Date added: 11/02/2012
Natural hand warmers! Smooth round pebbles about palm size, warm up a container of water on the fire, put the stones in and let them absorb the heat. Takes about 2 mins for an average sized stone. The responsible person or adult lifts them out with tongs or a spoon with holes in or u could put a colander in the pan first to drain them all in one go when u lift the colander out of the pan or container of hot water. Dry and cool them enough for children to hold or if flat put inside gloves or mitts or wrap in a small wool hand knitted pocket or piece of cloth. Toasty! They should stay hot for about 10 minutes. When they cool down, pop them back in the container of hot water :) Cheap, cheerful and natural :) Oh! We discussed this in a thread on Forest Education Initiative on Face book and we liked the idea of linking this simple hand warmer to an activity using the Stone Soup Story and also a nice follow up session from Stone Soup Story to making a yummy Stone Soup with veggies outdoor cooking session! Enjoy ! x _3 x http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_soup#Story
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Comment by: Elizabeth
Date added: 15/02/2012
When i was on a Forest School Wales networking weekend in Cefn woods Sarah Wilson did felt making around smooth cobbles . When they were finished they made lovely colourful little felt pockets. This would be a great activity to do and provide a soft protective cover on the warm rocks. I will ask Sarah if she could donate this activity to the swap shop. You can become a member of FSW even if you are based outside Wales and attend their networking days www.forestschoolwales.org.uk
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Activity Title: Birds Breakfast
Donated by: Shropshire Council Forest School
Date added: 04/02/2012
This is a little game with a big appetite. A few props required but no specialist equipment.
Children, discuss, plan, role-play small woodland/garden birds and collect worms. Fine motor skills.
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Activity Title: Happy Mud Faces
Donated by: Anne Close
Date added: 14/02/2012
Anne Close - Early Years Foundation Stage Advisory Team - Camden Borough Council This is an early years session plan for a happy mud faces it covers Aims of session, Resources required, The adult role, The children's Activity, H&Safety, Anti Discriminatory anti-Bias practice, How, by taking part will the children’s self esteem be promoted, How, by taking part in this activity will the children’s independence skills be promoted?, Which Schema(s) may be accommodated within this activity? This session Links to EYFS: K&U, PD, CLLD,PSED, CD & PSRN
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Activity Title: Planning
Donated by: Muddyfaces
Date added: 05/02/2012
Planning
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