Nurturing Wild

☀️20th June Family Nature Play Saturday Session ☀️

Join us for nature connection, child-led play, crafts and story time. 😊

☀️ Summer Solstice is taking place this weekend ☀️

We will be reading the fantastic book ‘Wow! Said the Owl’ by Tim Hopgood

We will explore the garden in bloom to find lots of colours 🌈

Nurturing Wild sessions offer you and your child:

🌿 screen free time outdoors
🌿 time in nature boosts wellbeing
🌿 nature-based play supports learning & development

SATURDAY 20th JUNE

Family nature play sessions (12m - 5yrs)
📍Sydenham Garden
⏰ 9:30am - 11am
All the fun nature explorer activities on a weekend. This session is opened to two adults per child (option at booking)

☕️ hot drink available for adults (min donation of £1 cash will be collected to support the charity site) Remember to bring along a lidded mug.

Tickets are available to book via Happity Happity | Find & List Baby & Toddler Classes
Send a DM or comment BOOK and I’ll send you the link 🔗 (also see link in bio)

Being in the room with so many people who champion PLAY was truly a special day. Well worth the trip to Birmingham for the Move More and Play conference led by the brilliant and

Ruth Le-Quee continuing her tireless campaign to champion learning through PLAY. As parents and teachers we need to advocate for our children. Did you know that learning through play is already part of the education system in Wales and Scotland? - England in the outlier and this needs to change!
👉 Please show your support for the campaign by following and emailing your MP - collectively we have the power to make change happen 💜✨

It was fascinating to hear Dr Will share research backed by science which shows how play isn’t a nice to have. Time to shift our education systems focus on the perceived ‘sitting at a desk is good learning’ - actually this is passive. PLAY offers challenge and builds our children’s brains!

was a mix of absolute joy moving to music, nursery rhymes and bringing the disco to the event 🙌 I am still however in shock from the study showing how our children’s lack of physical activity contributes to an unhealthy lifestyle and that children today will have a shortened life expectancy because of it. Reminding us that the guidance shows children under 5 are recommended 180 minutes of physical activity a day - this drops to 60 minutes after 5yrs - small changes can help such as walking to school.

- what lucky children to attend your school and be in your classroom. Hugely inspiring to hear how classroom teachers in primary can shift to a continuous play provision. 🌟

Great to connect with other passionate educators at the event. One of whom, Helen .and.move I’ve known since my eldest and I attended her baby massage classes, 9 years ago!

Brilliant to also see supporting the event and sharing fascinating insights into risky play outdoors - essential for our children 🌿🙌

THANK YOU for all the hard work behind the scenes to put this special event together. The goodie bags were amazing too! Thank you 🤩

🌿 Summer Term 2 🌿

Our family nature play sessions started back this week and we didn’t have to walk far before spotting lots of wildlife in the beautiful garden.

Without a doubt - the most popular activity is still watering the garden with watering cans 💦😆

Next week sessions at Beckenham Place park start back too!

Mondays 10am - 11.30am
Nature play session in the beautiful garden 15m - 4yrs

Wednesday 10am - 11.15am
Nature Walk & Nature Talk session 15m (walkers+) - 5yrs

Booking on Happity

If you would like the 🔗 see link in bio or DM/Comment below and I’ll send you the link 😊

👉 Have you signed up for your FREE summer play pack? Aimed at busy parents to help you get outdoors and learn through play 🌳🌿 See link or highlight reel or DM/comment ‘PLAY’ and I’ll send it to you 🌼

🌼 FREE Summer Play Activity Pack 🌼

👉 Comment “PLAY”
Or see link in bio 🔗 to sign up

As a busy parent, it can at times feel overwhelming to think about what to do outdoors. This pack has been created with the aim of being fun, simple and low prep! Just grab your sun hat and go outdoors 🌿

Aimed at under fives this pack includes:

🌳 a nature scavenger hunt
🌈 spotting colours in nature
🐝 bee themed maths activity
🌼 summer mud kitchen play recipe
🌿 nature themed craft activity

These activities support your child’s early language development and invite you to be a play partner. Modelling key vocabulary and joining in together is a great way to bond with your child too. 💚

If you would like a copy of the FREE Summer Play Pack comment PLAY below 👇