After living two years in the Hamptons in the US, one thing we’ve desperately missed since we returned to the UK is wide open beaches with golden sands. We were pretty spoilt as the Atlantic beaches in Long Island are considered some of the top in the world. Well we found a perfect English beach […]
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When we moved home when my twins were younger one of the top requirements was finding a place to build a new den. My kids were sad about abandoning their previous ‘secret’ den so we needed to start over in the woods near our new home. As I’ve discovered it’s important for kids to play
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Since nature has waved its green magic wand across the countryside, I’ve regularly headed off with my twins Luce and Theo for walks in the woods near us. On our latest adventure, I handed them each a bag telling them we were going on a woodland scavenger hunt. Let kids choose what nature treasure to collect
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The woods came alive this weekend for my kids. And luckily Luce and Theo didn’t set the ancient woodlands on fire! We spent Saturday at the Wild Wood Weekend (23-25 May 2015) at Wakehurst Place in Sussex. Coinciding with the half term and May bank holidays, Wakehurst is holding a three day event to celebrate
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I recently asked a group of kids to hug a tree. This group naturally included my twins Luce and Theo. Now, before you start to think that I was doing this to make them feel closer to nature or turn into ‘tree huggers,’ that wasn’t my aim. Sometimes environmentalists are known as tree huggers due to their
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Oh, aren’t our children today lucky to have so many activities and access to modern technology? But where is the time in their everyday lives to connect with the multitude of delights offered by nature? Or just enjoy natural play in an outdoors with no boundaries or rules? Why is it so important for children’s
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