ABSTRACT

Nature, Living and Growing focuses on outdoor play and how nature can contribute to a child’s learning and development. Split into four sections, which focus on each of the four seasons – spring, summer, autumn and winter, this book:

  • includes activities appropriate to each season
  • offers ideas for 'wander walkabouts' to inspire and set the scene of what the season can offer in regard to play activities
  • promotes knowledge of the environment and how to use natural resources effectively.

 

chapter |9 pages

Introduction

chapter |10 pages

Discussion resources

part |60 pages

Activities

chapter |3 pages

Introduction to autumn

chapter 1|2 pages

Nature collage

chapter 2|2 pages

Natural colour dyeing

chapter 3|2 pages

Leaf banners

chapter 4|2 pages

Bulb planting for a spring garden

chapter 5|2 pages

Life in the soil: making a wormery

chapter 6|2 pages

Pumpkin playtime

chapter |2 pages

Introduction to winter

chapter 7|2 pages

Iceberg

chapter 8|2 pages

Feeding the birds

chapter 9|2 pages

Indoor bottle garden

chapter 10|2 pages

Miniature wigwams

chapter 11|2 pages

Christmas nature wreath

chapter 12|2 pages

Modelling with beeswax

chapter |2 pages

Introduction to spring

chapter 13|2 pages

Streamer crowns, streamer sticks

chapter 14|2 pages

Springtime saucer gardens

chapter 15|2 pages

Tadpole aquarium

chapter 16|2 pages

Growing and planting beans

chapter 17|2 pages

Easy grow potatoes

chapter 18|2 pages

Leaf tiles

chapter |2 pages

Introduction to summer

chapter 19|2 pages

Bean tepee

chapter 21|2 pages

Rosa's treasure game

chapter 22|2 pages

Summer scented flower containers

chapter 23|2 pages

Scented flower pouches

chapter 24|3 pages

Summer potato and bean harvest