By Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton (author) , Peter Houghton (illustrator)
"Bring your outdoor adventures to life with these perfectly sized activity cards that will inspire young children to connect with nature all year-long"
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Enticing children away from digital screens and other indoor attractions can be a challenge. But with these 48 pocket-sized activity cards up your sleeve, Jane Worrol and Peter Houghton might have made the task that little bit easier.
Adapted from their bestselling Forest School guidebooks, this portable deck of wipe-clean cards is ideal for throwing in your bag for any trip to the park or woods. Beautifully bright colours differentiate the four ‘suits’, or themes (connecting to nature, team games; forest crafts and survival skills) and it’s up to you whether you pre-select a few before heading outdoors – or just pop one out of the deck when the right moment presents itself.
Most of the fun-packed team games require very little equipment (Sleeping Bear and Predators Track Prey are bound to get the blood pumping!) and when it’s time to bring the energy levels down a little, Nature Watch is a mindful exercise that will help encourage everyone’s connection to the natural world. As you’d imagine, the survival skill and forest craft cards rely more heavily on tools and craft materials…but nothing too onerous.
And if you’re worried about bringing along sheath knives or starting fires out in the wild, there are some helpful tips in the accompanying instruction booklet. If you’re a parent, carer, teacher or group leader looking for inspiring ways to get children aged 4-11 outside and discovering the greatest playground of all, these Forest School Activity Cards might just be the ticket.
This is the first-ever Forest School-themed activity card deck, offering 48 games, crafts and skill-building activities to enjoy outdoors.
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Aimed at parents, carers, teachers and Forest School group leaders, this is a uniquely handy reference tool to tuck into a pocket and take out into the woods to inspire outdoor fun.
It complements Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton's two previous books (Play the Forest School Way and A Year of Forest School), containing activities from those books in abbreviated form. The cards are grouped into four suits , each with 12 cards: Team Games (fun, high-energy games to play together); Survival Skills (working together to build dens, make fires, gather wild food and cook it); Nature Spotlight (exploring the natural world in more detail); and Forest Craft (woodland-themed makes).
A booklet explains how to use the deck: forest school leaders or parents can get kids involved in leading the play (flicking through the cards and choosing an activity) and the suits will also help adults in considering how a session might be structured (with the kids getting final say looking at the cards).
The booklet also gives notes on safety, the Forest School ethos, basic kit and other key need-to-knows.
Jane Worroll is a qualified Level 3 Forest School leader, running, with Peter Houghton, year-round Forest School sessions for children in London and elsewhere. She has worked outdoors for the majority of her adult life, in gardening, tree surgery and, for 12 years, as a Countryside Ranger, a role that included habitat management, monitoring protected species and leading volunteers. She has a degree in ecology as well as an MSc in environmental conservation.
Peter Houghton is qualified and experienced in historical and ornamental woodcarving and in green woodwork. At a charity supporting vulnerable inner-city children and young people, he works as an artist (in woodwork and other media) and as a key worker, as well as leading Forest School sessions.
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What Do You See When You Look At a Tree?
Bear Grylls Sticker Activity: Woodlands
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Bear Grylls Ultimate Survival Handbook
This is the first-ever Forest School-themed activity card deck, offering 48 games, crafts and skill-building activities to enjoy outdoors. Aimed at parents, carers, teachers and Forest School group leaders, this is a uniquely handy reference tool to tuck into a pocket and take out into the woods to inspire outdoor fun.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Forest School Activity Cards and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-10 years old
Forest School Activity Cards features in the following genres: Activity and Puzzle Books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Hobbies, quizzes, toys and games, Children’s / Teenage: General interest, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Books for Teachers, Recommendations, Ecological and Environmental Interest - Non Fiction, Children’s / Teenage: Social issues / topics, Personal Social Health Economic (PSHE), Featured Books for 7+ readers, Featured Books for 9+ readers, The Natural World, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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Forest School Activity Cards was written by Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton and published by Watkins Publishing an imprint of Watkins Media
Forest School Activity Cards has 16 pages
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