Top Tips for Blackberry Picking with Toddler and Preschoolers
Does it seem that the Blackberry picking season is getting earlier and earlier each year? It was one of my…
Simple ideas to explore nature with kids through nature study and other activities that are easy to do together to learn more about the natural world.
Does it seem that the Blackberry picking season is getting earlier and earlier each year? It was one of my…
Although this year we won’t be going very far, we will certainly make our way to the shore and do…
In late spring and early summer, a fun theme to do is the frog life cycle. This FREE Printable Frog…
One of our favourite activities to do in the summer months is science. From looking at the creatures in rock…
If you go down to the woods today you’ll be sure to find… Well, lots of things and this forest…
This week for our Rainy Day Tots we have a fun week of bird-themed activities. Our first activity is to…
Of all the things in the night sky, the moon is the things that my kids have always found the…
One of my favourite summer nature activities to do with kids is to head out and set some minibeast traps…
There seems to be a bit of a theme this week and we’re fascinated by sticks, we’ve ordered and sorted…
It’s our last week of this year’s storybook summer – but don’t worry we will be back next year and…
Tide pools are nature’s aquariums, and a trip to your local tide pool is absolutely magical. Today’s Storybook Summer for…
With spring here in our family that means just one thing we are on the hunt for frogs. Ever since…
With spring lots of animals come out of hibernation and one of our favourites are the frogs. Suddenly the pond…
Are your kids scared of spiders? I’ve got one daughter that hates them and another daughter that will sit and observe…
With the heat on this week in the UK and the summer shining my thoughts turn to summer and our…
If there is something that has defined my life it’s Sea Turtle Conservation. Twenty years ago this June I headed…
Weather is one of my favourite early years topics – it’s something that you can include in the curriculum any time…
I love this time of year – there are just so many amazing natural events that just need to be…
For the last few years we have been introducing the kids to bird watching – as a child, it was…
Dinosaur Woods is the perfect book to begin a conservation lesson for kids. The animals in the story are about…
Have you noticed how many outdoor posts we have on Rainy Day Mum – although somehow I have become known…
If you looked at our house at the moment you couldn’t miss that it was Spring – there is a…
Over the last year, we have been working on our garden clearing the rubbish and reducing the head high weeds…
As a parent I know that many of the learning experiences that I can provide my kids with won’t happen…