Indoor/Outdoor Activities

So every now and then I freak out our admin staff and send off a dozen emails with activities to post one-a-day to Facebook
Not all of them are adaptable to a blog, but last week I shared some of what has/will go out, and here are a few more!

A weather diary, or simply a cloud diary can be kept by looking out of the window. It can be as easy as identifying the cloud and copying the name onto a plain bit of paper, or an actual journal in which to write, draw or add photos of the sky into


Draw a shape and fill it up. This is great at Forest School drawing in mud and finding things to fill the space, but can be done in the home with toys, or the garden with leaves

 Find an elastic band, a bit of string, or drag out that old tin full of sewing bits and use cotton thread to create different kinds of paint brushes. Outdoors mixing mud paint can be a lot of fun, indoors they actually make quite a nice bouquet for a few days if you can't face painting activities inside!!

 Someone has gone to a lot of trouble here - making a great frame, but the washed tins could stand on the grass, a garden step, a patio, on the bedroom floor.... if you don't have a ball use rolled up socks! If you want to add an element give each tin a value and add up the points you score...

 And finally, all the birds have nests now, the fledglings are out, a warm April meant early roost, it might even mean a second batch of chicks for some birds, but building a nest isn't as easy at it seems!

Stay Safe.