Books
Outdoors with Children
Anything by Joseph Cornell..
Joseph Cornell Sharing Nature: Nature Awareness Activities for all Ages
Steve van Matre Earth Education a New Beginning
Linda Ritson Adventure Games An abundance of fun games to play, for all ages. Not all necessarily outdoors or nature related, but includes a great sections on wide games, parachute games, adventure scenarios and team building.
Daniel R. Meier & Stephanie Sisk-Hilton (eds.) Nature education with Young Children : Integrating enquiry and Practice ideas to help schools increase and improve nature education.
Rebecca Aburrow The Little Book of Woodland Challenges can be used in collaboration with Forest School, or as a stand alone book of activities that can take place outdoors in woodland or forest settings. Each activity provides alternative ideas if your setting does not have a woodland space. This book provides a wide range of mathematical, scientific and creative based challenges suitable for all children, including those with SEN and EAL, and addresses all areas of learning in Development Matters and the EYFS.
Simon Macdonald The Little Book of Team Games focuses on ‘togetherness’ supporting children with socialisation, sharing and responsibility through team play.
Guides
Managing Risk in Play Provision: Implementation guide David Ball, Tim Gill and Bernard Spiegal A guide, giving advice and ethical and legal guidance to play providers supporting the provision of challenging play experiences with a degree of risk.
LEARNING OUTDOORS: A Resource Book in the early years Very school focused guide, with useful rationale and ways of incorporating into National Curriculum.
Websites
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/children-and-nature
Full of seasonal fun nature-based activities to do with kids
http://action.wildlifetrusts.org/page/20877/petition/1 Sign up to do something wild every day throughout June. 30 simple, fun and exciting Random Acts of Wildness.
https://shop.thevegankind.com/products/dandies-all-natural-marshmallows Vegetarian/vegan/kosher/non-GMO marshmallows! Roast beautifully over a campfire.
Foraging
A classic foraging book from the 1970s. Contains excellent diagrams, photographs and descriptions of plants, with explanations of how, when and what to harvest with uses and recipes.
Adele Nozedar Foraging with Kids
A brand new foraging book to be released summer 2018- to independent bookshops first.
Independant shops – and libraries – will be able to request a free activity pack so that they can host their own foraging events based on the book.
