This week, we have been exploring Bonfire Night in all its sparkly glory. Our Little Forest Folk-ers learned about the history of the event, why bonfires are celebrated and most importantly how to stay safe while enjoying the fireworks.
Fulham - Little Forest Folk-ers Our Busy Squirrels
While creatures in nature remind us to slow down and appreciate a secretly quiet atmosphere, before they start getting ready to hibernate, our Little Forest Folk-ers are as busy as squirrels, making the most of the last weeks of this wonderful autumn. We welcomed November in the forest with a lively, wonderful week full of themed adventures, fun celebrations, lots of stories and sparkly energy!
Putney Heath - Bonfire Night, Libraries and Royal Self-portraits.
Morden - A Week Full of Patterns ⭐️
Happy Friday everyone! We hope you’ve all had a wonderful week. At Little Forest Folk Morden, our focus has been on developing mathematical skills and exploring how our little ones can create patterns through play! ✨
During our adventure walks, our explorers gathered an abundance of leaves in all different sizes, shapes and colours. Back in the forest, they used their collections to form patterns and design their very own caterpillars. It was amazing to watch the unique sequences they each created! ✨
Wimbledon - Fireworks and Bonfire Night
Fireworks and Bonfire Night have been the talk of the forest this week! The children have enjoyed so many activities based around creating colourful pictures of fireworks using different techniques. We have done straw-blowing painting, stamping, wax creations… so many things to explore the incredible colours and shapes of fireworks.
Wimbledon Village - Fireworks and Rockets!
Twickenham - Fireworks and Fortresses
Winkworth - A Week of Celebrating Artists and How Paintings Make us Feel
Chiswick - Rainy Days in the Forest
Fulham - 🎃✨ Spooky Season Has Arrived!
Putney Heath - All About England!
Morden - Happy Halloween everyone!
This week we have had an absolute blast and we certainly have not let the rain or changing weather stop our fun! We started the week with loads of pretend play. We built our own PAW patroller car for the children to play on and they loved pretending to be their favoured pups - it has been wonderful seeing how Halloween has inspired their play and their imaginations!
Wimbledon - Happy Halloween!
This week we’ve been talking more and more about Halloween - what it is and what everyone is planning on dressing up as. We have organised activities this week that explore different features of Halloween. Spider painting was a huge success; they dangled down from a cobweb made by one of our educators!
Wimbledon Village - Our Giant Pumpkin!
Jamie gathered the biggest pumpkin he could find, before seeking the help of the children to detail how our orange friend was going to look! We had some child-friendly safety knives at the ready and we carved his face out. We couldn’t quite settle on a name, so we took him back to the indoor nursery to be on display!
Twickenham - Pumkins, Halloween & Squirrels
Winkworth - What a Spooktacular End to October!
Chiswick - Science Experiments and Diwali Celebrations
Fulham - 🎃✨ Maths, Mud & Magic: Counting Down to Halloween!✨🕷️🍂
This week at Little Forest Folk Chiswick, our camp transformed into a world of witches, potions and mathematical mischief! 🧙♀️💫 As Halloween crept closer, our little explorers mixed imagination with number play - stirring up bubbling potions, measuring mysterious ingredients and spotting patterns in every corner of the forest.
Morden - ✨Morning Circles and Favourite Books✨
We’ve also been enjoying reading some much beloved stories such as Dear Zoo and Hairy McClary which the children can repeat phrases back from altogether, learning rhymes as they go! Our educators have also brought in their favourite stories and these have inspired some amazing games of chase where everyone turned into a Spider-Man!
