When Luce and Theo go for a walk in the woods or a park, they’re constantly searching for a tree to climb. Branches are just rungs on a ladder as far as they’re concerned. But I always see that longing in their eyes to go higher and higher. They want to be up in the canopy […]
The house was full of kids playing but I wanted to get them outside and into the woods for a walk. What do you do? I put together an Autumn / Fall Scavenger Hunt Sheet for them. It’s the best way to get them exploring the woods while actually noticing nature. We’re lucky as we live
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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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