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Nov 29 2018

Tired of Marshmallows Over the Campfire? Try This!

toffee apple slices - campfire cooking

Are you looking for a simple but tasty treat that could go head-to-head with marshmallows as the number one campfire snack with kids? Well look no further… We cook A LOT of marshmallows over the campfire with kids when we host our Forest School sessions and Woodland Birthday Parties. We know children love them, but […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activities, activity leaders, children, forest school, great winter activities, health · Tagged: activities, campfire cooking, foraging, forest school, health, kids, little rangers, parent & toddler, parents, skills, trees, wild food, woodland, young rangers

Jul 29 2018

Mindfulness & Bushcraft: Perfect Partners

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Want to be healthier and happier? I’d say you need more wildness in your life! We, as a species, need to rewild ourselves. Practising bushcraft and taking time out for ourselves in nature can be our vehicle to honouring our ancient, wild selves. You may have seen plenty of stories doing the rounds about landowners […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activity leaders, bushcraft, health · Tagged: adult learners, bushcraft, eco therapy, health, mindfulness, national trust, nature therapy, parents, skills, survival, trees, weekend, wellbeing, wildlife, woodland

Mar 29 2017

Get a FREE Nature Scavenger Hunt

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We’re giving you our Nature Scavenger Hunt that we’ve had loads of success with at our outdoor kids sessions. It’s a FREE download which works great whether you’re a teacher or activity leader running an outdoor education session, or you’re a parent who wants to spice up a walk in the woods with their kids. […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: health, Little Rangers, woodland skills · Tagged: activities, forest kindergarten, forest school, identification, kids, parent & toddler, parents, toddlers, wildlife, woodland

Mar 23 2017

How I Escaped The 9 to 5 And Set Up My Own Business In The Woods

James Dunlop of Wild Thyme Outdoors

The other day I saw a news report that in the UK there is a staggeringly large waiting list of 51,000 children who want to join Scouting groups across the country – you can read that article here. This one fact alone shows how much demand there is currently for regular outdoor activity sessions for children. […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activity leaders, children, forest school, health, Uncategorized · Tagged: after-school, forest kindergarten, forest school, kids, parents, woodland

Feb 12 2017

Autism & Wildcraft Adventure – How Gamer Kids Chose to Unplug & Play Outdoors Without Argument

unplug & play

Something quite unexpected happened when I started hosting our outdoor activity events for kids. We started getting an increasing number of enquiries and bookings by parents whose children were on the autistic spectrum. The event that caused this unexpected but welcome interest was our Wildcraft Adventures. I wanted to find out why this was happening. […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activity leaders, health, Uncategorized, wildcraft, wildcraft adventure · Tagged: autism, forest school, health, kids, minecraft, parents, teenagers, video gamers, wildcraft

Feb 05 2017

Autism & Forest School. How to Integrate Kids with Differences & Feel Confident as a Leader.

forest school and autism

“While we see the forest, a person with ASD will see every single leaf on every single branch on every single tree in the forest” Paul Fijal Something that I’ve noticed happening naturally over the last couple of years is an increase in kids on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder coming to our Forest School sessions. With […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activity leaders, children, forest school, health · Tagged: forest school, health, kids, parents, teenagers

Aug 18 2016

RAY MEARS CHAMPIONS FOREST SCHOOL

ray mears champions forest school

TV presenter, author and bushcraft expert Ray Mears has given forest schools his seal of approval. Having observed a forest school group during a recent canoe trip he described how one boy “… was building his own legend, the person he was going to become. He’d become something more and that’s what it’s about. There’s […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activity leaders, children, forest school, health, woodland skills · Tagged: bushcraft, camping, forest school, health, kids, ray mears, risk, skills, survival, teenagers, woodland

Jan 09 2016

Got the Winter Blues? Nature Has the Answer

parent and child at forest school

We NEED To Get Outdoors, even though it’s wet & cold. It’s essential for our health and happiness, here’s why… Winter is a time of year when many people hide away indoors, mirroring the hibernation of some animals and with all this wind and rain we’ve had for what feels like forever, who can blame […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: great winter activities, health · Tagged: health, parent & toddler, parents, trees, wildlife, winter, woodland

Nov 27 2015

Forest Schools in a Nutshell

girl climbing tree at forest school

This is a guest-blog written by Loretta Hourigan, author of From Little Acorns to Mighty Oaks: Creating a Path to Happier, Healthier Children. This article was originally printed in the magazine ‘Independent Schools’ in August 2015.   “A Student led approach to learning in the great Outdoors” Forest Schools are sweeping through the UK and […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: children, forest school, health · Tagged: forest school, kids, parents, toddlers

Aug 01 2015

Making Wild Teas with Kids

Want a great and simple way to get kids engaged in the outdoors? We’ve uploaded a video to our YouTube channel showing how to make yummy wild teas and how successful this has been with children. Enjoy! So, to recap…. We used the following common plants in our wild teas; stinging nettles, goosegrass or cleavers, […]

Written by James Kendall · Categorized: activities, children, forest school, health

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