The Woodland Nursery

An interesting read..

How a radical experiment to bring a forest into a preschool transformed children’s health In Finland, kindergartens are exposing children to more mud, wild plants and moss - and finding changes to their health that show how crucial biodiversity is to wellbeing

* Weekly Activities - Special Person Cards & Keyrings *

This week we made special cards and forest school keyrings to celebrate a special person in our lives.

Link to our weekly blog: https://bit.ly/3VUJa7I

* Weekly Activities - Natural Clay Coasters *

This week we made natural clay coasters using wildflowers and weeds such as dandelions, buttercups and daisies.

Link to our weekly blog: https://bit.ly/3KRsU2e

* Weekly Activities - Space and Constellations *

We made our own constellations after watching a video and reading about space, the universe, our solar system and constellations.

Link to our space blog: https://bit.ly/3z1zxwl

* Weekly Activities - Oshibana *

This week we did some flower pressing or 'Oshibana'... the art of using pressed flowers and other botanical materials to create an entire picture from these natural elements.

Link to our oshibana post: https://bit.ly/4c3zdLE

* Weekly Activities - Web Weaving *

The children cut discs of wood from a thick log. They either drilled holes in their discs or hammered in small nails. They then wove wool around to make shapes of their choosing.

Link to our web weaving post: https://bit.ly/3Vd91IM

* Weekly Activities - Making Perfume *

This week's activity was about using our 5 senses (touch, taste, hear, smell, sight). We used some herbs, flowers and leaves to make a perfume recipe. We crushed, mixed, sieved and poured the mixture into jars that we could take home.

Link to our 'smelly' blog: https://bit.ly/4ajIfCP

* Weekly Activities - Wooden Mallet *

We made wooden mallets just like Little Rabbit Foo Foo uses in our book of the week...

Link to blog post: https://bit.ly/3WzvEbB

* Weekly Activities - Land Art *

See what the children made from common things found scattered around the forest floor...

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