Our Week in the Forest
This week has seen our lovely band of merry children wonder about the world around them. There have been many discussions about the weather and how amazingly changeable and colourful it can be - even in the approaching season of winter.
The children looked up at the clear blue skies and down at white sparkling frost, looked around themselves at the hues of yellow, brown, red and green that can be seen falling to the ground and at creams, whites, reds and browns when spotting mushrooms. They looked at the deep green of the pine trees, still resplendent in the grey of a misty day and the educators even talked about what the red brake lights and white headlights mean when looking for cars as they crossed the roads on the way to camp. Our little adventurers followed and made tracks in the dark brown mud (whilst learning how to step in other peoples’ footprints to mask their own!) and enjoyed putting out special bird food for Bertie, the camp’s adopted robin, talking about his red and brown feathers. The children even looked back at the deep black colouring of the crows that came down at the end of the day to enjoy any left overs that had fallen during our snack times! What a beautiful, colourful part of the world we have to explore out on Wimbledon Common!
When exploring how things work, our Little Forest Folk-ers looked at changing materials, including changing dry flour to a dough by adding water and watching how packing peanuts become sticky when water is added to them too. They discussed how adding layers to our clothing can keep us warmer on those colder, winter days and we looked at the ingredients of hand warmers (Little Hotties) to find out why they warm up!
On an adventure walk, the intrepid explorers were challenged with finding a sheltered place that gave them space to play games and some shelter from the cold wind - which they found after a trek across the blustery golf course! They then thought about ‘time’ while playing, ‘What’s the time Mr Wolf’, and temperature, while waiting for their warm drinks to cool down enough for them to enjoy.
Again this week, the children have also been confronted with some wonderful, in and out, up and down webs, constructed on camp, where they have had to figure out how to move, climb, crawl, jump, step, creep and even bounce their ways across them - rising to these challenges with gusto and eagerness!
Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Little Forest Folk
Wimbledon Village