Heading to the beach seems such a summer activity - but throughout the year it's fantastic to head out and look at the way that the habitat is ...
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Bug Safari – Pitfall Traps
One of my favourite nature activities to do with kids is to head out and set some humane traps whether it's to see what mammals are around using ...
Code a Message in Dance… Like a Bee
Did you know that bees communicate with one another through dance? Yes, that's right, bees dance! When a scout goes out to search for some nectar, it ...
Investigating Spider Webs
Are your kids scared of spiders? I've got one daughter that hates them and another daughter that will sit and observe spiders and webs all day ...
Go Wild this Summer as a Family
With the heat on this week in the UK and the summer shining my thoughts turn to summer and our summer break. I know many of you in the USA are already ...
DIY Bird Feed
January is hard on birds in your backyards and communities. The birds that haven't flown south are outside in rain, sleet, snow, frost and below ...
D.I.Y Nature Study Kit for Kids
One of the reasons that I love nature is that it's not complicated to get started exploring nature and summer is such a fun and interesting time to ...
Strandline Exploration
As a parent I know that many of the learning experiences that I can provide my kids with won't happen in the home and are far away from the classroom. ...
Nature Table and Journal
This week for the storybook summer, we're heading to the woods and getting out and about reading marvellous books and bringing them alive for the ...
An Evergreen Nature Hunt
One of my favourite Christmas Carols is "The Holly and the Ivy" and it brings back memories of collecting both with my grandmother to decorate the ...
How to make a wormery to explore what happens underground
Understanding what happens beneath the soil is fascinating for kids - just like outer space and the deep sea it's something that they can't see easily ...