In September I was thrilled to be asked to help out with a local forest school for pre-schoolers!
I’d been hearing about it since March, as a friend of mine, C, was going along and helping to look after a mutual friend’s (M) little girl while said mutual friend was running the sessions. It sounded like lots of fun! Maybe I was a tiny little bit jealous … 😉
C and her husband have just adopted a gorgeous little one of their own, so I now get to go along with M’s awesome girl G!
Both little G and forest school are amazing and so much fun!
Here are two things I’ve made while helping (playing) at toddler forest school …
A couple of weeks ago we painted pictures with mud and blackberries – I got more messy then G, who did a nice picture of “splotches”! 🙂 Just in case you can’t tell what my masterpiece is, this is an owl. One mum told her toddler it was a pussy cat …
This last week we made mud sculptures – so many good opportunities to get messy in the name of learning!! 😉
I decided to make a mud-face on a tree – I set out to make a rabbit but quickly decided I was making a moose!! 😛
One dad and his kid made this incredible dog, complete with lead, eyes, tail … dad worked hard to conceal his disappointment when kid insisted on taking dog for a walk … bye-bye dog sculpture!
I love being out in the woods and fresh air with lots of little people who treat every new find of an acorn or a mud puddle as an incredible discovery! The joy on one little girl’s face when she got completely covered in mud, head to toe, after stomping and splashing around in lots of gooey, messy, brilliant mud!! 🙂
Now I just need to work out a good excuse for how come I couldn’t avoid stomping in the mud and I’ll be a happy girl!! 😉
Kicking Through The Leaves 