Taking Maths Outdoors with your Child
This booklet introduces some games and activities you can play with young children when out and about together to encourage learning new maths skills in the wonderful outdoors. This resource was created by Dumfries and Galloway OWL Group.
Taking Literacy Outdoors with Your Child
Activities and ideas for early years settings, parents and carers of children to inspire and help develop literacy skills in young children using the wonderful natural environment. This resource was created by Dumfries and Galloway OWL Group.
Sustainable Site Management Video – Community Engagement and Benefit – Part Two
Engaging with communities around forest kindergartens and outdoor learning areas can lead to wider benefits to woodlands and wildlife. This clip shares experiences from Wonder Woods Woodland Nursery. To view this resource please click HERE.
Sustainable Site Management. Toileting and Nappies
Staff from Willow Den Nursery talk through options for nappy changing and using potties in the outdoors. To view this video please click HERE.
Sustainable Site Management- Fire and Cooking Part 2.
Earthtime Forest Nursery staff and children demonstrate the many benefits to having fires within outdoor settings. Safety aspects are covered as a key component of this activity but also important lifelong learning elements such as sustainability, cooking and responsibility. To view this video please click HERE.
Sustainable Site Management- Eating Outdoors
Earthtime’s staff share tips on how to manage snacks and food in the outdoors. Setting up of snack/ meals areas, storage of food and handwashing, ideas for fussy eaters and composting left-over food and food waste is also covered. To access this video please click HERE.
Sustainable Site Management- Foraging- Food and Resouces
Earthtime’s Forest School Nursery staff discuss the benefits of having easily accessible food and resources (gardens/ foraging) close to outdoor learning sites. Click HERE to visit this video on the OWL Scotland YouTube Channel.
Sensory Woodland Stories- Gaelic translation
Gaelic translation-. A range of simple and inspiring education story resources for children with complex additional needs. Scripts and suggested props to allow for extra engagement and flexibility to suit the children you are working with. The Storytelling Tips and Origins resource accompanies these cards and provides tips to enhance the experience for those involved. This also provides background information on the origins of the stories.
Forest Kindergarten TtT Web Content Summary FK
This is the summary document for all of our web content for trainers who have undertaken the Forest Kindergarten Training the Trainers course. Please note this document is password protected.
Thank you to Juliet Robertson (Creative Star) for sharing these resources with us.
Station Rotation Downloads FK
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Example Safe Routines Checklist FK
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