Category: Thoughts
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How to get kids wild swimming…
I love wild swimming. B isn’t sure. I’ve come to think this is probably a good thing…
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June overview of the ‘365 day nature play challenge’ (212-185)
An overview of June’s challenges. We discover a new country park, have lots of fun in the garden, get involved with insects, swim in the sea and get B wayfinding a country walk.
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May overview: …and the challenge takes off… 245-213
An overview of the fifth month of the “365 day nature play challenge”. It seems to take off this month. We play detectives, make sundials, have a big day out in the Wye Valley and a day with no electronics at all. We also find the joys of returning to the same place and make…
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Having a ‘no electronics’ day with a ten year old daughter
As part of the 365 Day Nature Play Challenge we dare each other to go a whole day with no electronic entertainment… This is what happened.
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April overview: Stepping up the pace – 275-246
An overview of the fourth month of the “365 day nature play challenge”. We head into April planning holidays and bigger adventures but still find everything is tending to the small side… then a small handful of chaos arrives.
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March overview: Small routines and easy challenges 306-276
An overview of month three of the “365 day nature play challenge”. March sees the start of some healthy new routines, a consolidation of earlier challenges and a lack of big adventures.
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February overview: Weather extremes, not settling into a routine and finding new ideas (334-307)
Month two of the “365 day nature play challenge” has passed and it’s time for another check in and general overview on progress, discoveries and challenges. We become very aware of how much differences in weather affect us. We find some fun new ideas, suffer a tragedy and get more used to the challenge lifestyle.
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Overview of the first month of the 365 day nature play challenge
An overview of the first month of the 365 day nature play challenge. Looking at what happened, how we felt about it and what lessons we take forward into February.