Children seem naturally drawn to helping animals. I always see their caring nature show through when telling a story about an injured animal who came through our wildlife hospital at work. Extending on an experience or story they have heard into a home play activity is a wonderful way of continuing to foster that connection [...]
While walking back from our forest picnic last week, Miss Possum found some beautiful big seed pods scattered on the ground. I couldn’t help but pick some up, look at them with the girls and then put them in bag for later. I just knew they’d make a simple nature craft activity. I love activities [...]
Do you sit at home and wonder ‘what will do as a family this week?’ I do. Since choosing to dedicate one day a week to family (after it was seriously lacking during the move) I now, after only three weeks of family days, am already wondering the same thing. What WILL we do this [...]
Put those colouring pencils down! Today you’ll colour with nature instead! I’ve been wanting to use more natural products in our play and activities at home and decided to start slowly by providing an animal template for the girls to use as a guide for our colour with nature project. It’s a simple activity that [...]
You may be scared of spiders or love them, although I fear most are in the first category but spiders do play an important role in the environment. I try to teach my children that every animal has a role to play and so when we stumble on any creatures, we usually take some time [...]
Many of us automatically view snails as an annoying little pest that eats our veggie gardens but next time you see one, don’t get out the spray (or organic defenses) just yet, snails make great pets for kids! Why keep snails? They’re quiet They don’t take much work A simple setup is quite inexpensive Children [...]
It doesn’t take much to encourage our children’s curiosity in nature and wildlife. It’s a subject that most children seem to engage in quite naturally. There are, of course, ways to enhance those curiosities and adding some mostly inexpensive tools to their backpack will help them to get closer to nature and make exciting wildlife discoveries. Bucket. A small [...]
Cloud watching can take five minutes, be done almost anywhere where the sky can be seen and you have right cloud cover and is a great way to use your imagination in nature. Cumulus clouds, with their ever changing fluffy cotton wool appearance are the best for finding shapes in clouds. Miss Possum, Platypus, Panda and [...]
Do you need a simple activity that will not only be fun and creative but also fill your kid’s tummies with healthy food? Well, letting your child create their own animal, using healthy bits and pieces from within your fridge worked a treat for us! After a week of unhealthy eating (we still have so [...]
The recycled toilet rolls in our craft bin had been piling up since the twins started toilet training and if I didn’t do something soon, we would be overrun, swimming in a playroom of faintly ocean fresh-scented cardboard rolls. What’s worse is that my mum started to collect hers for me too. What could I do [...]
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