Harmless fun?
The 7 & 8 year olds I have been working with this term wanted to find feathers to make head dresses the following week. I like to ask the...
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Jenny Sanderson
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Pirates & spiders Aharrr!
Spiders are everywhere in the autumn. There's currently one living above the draining board in my kitchen. The males are on the look out...
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Jenny Sanderson
Feb 29, 20207 min read
Climate crisis & our kids - what do we do?
It's empowering to hear young people speak so passionately about the need for change but isn't it a bit scary?
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Jenny Sanderson
Jan 18, 20203 min read
There's a worm at the bottom of my garden...
Since running forest school sessions I have become increasingly enamoured with the humble earthworm.
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Jenny Sanderson
Dec 13, 20192 min read
Let the light in
It's a dark time of the year. It feels like the light will never return. Our ancestors and the animals all know that midwinter is harsh....
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Jenny Sanderson
May 29, 20192 min read
Can you speak bird?
This time of the year the birds have a lot to say for themselves. If you ever find yourself awake for the dawn chorus it is a sound to...
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Jenny Sanderson
Mar 23, 20192 min read
Shibori - Japanese Tie-Dye
Shibori is a Japanese resist dying technique dating back to the 8th century. The cloth can be bound, stitched, folded, twisted or...
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Jenny Sanderson
Mar 14, 20192 min read
Mud mud glorious mud
What's so good about mud anyway? Why are kids driven to jump in with all the vim & vigour they can declaring 'It's a Peppa Pig Paradise!'...
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Jenny Sanderson
Feb 11, 20192 min read
An Ode to Love
I love trees, I love woods, I love being outside. I love the cold, crisp, sunny days that make you glad you left the house, make you glad...
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Jenny Sanderson
Jan 25, 20191 min read
Ice Ice Baby
There is so much fun to be had with frozen water. A few choice dinosaurs frozen in a tupperware pot bring out everyone's latent...
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Jenny Sanderson
Jan 11, 20192 min read
January Blue...skies
It's easy to stay snuggled up indoors waiting for the worst of winter to pass. The midwinter festivities are over and it feels like a...
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