We had a lovely big puddle in the meadow this week so the obvious favourite thing to do was to splash away!
Chiswick - Rainy play
It has been a wet week but much to the children's delight, where other nurseries may have been focused on indoor play due to the weather, our Little Forest Folk children have been having a blast in the rain. The children were looking for muddy puddles to splash around in and they found a large puddle in the meadow where they spent a long time playing, jumping and running through it.
Fulham - Puddles
After a night of heavy rain, the children were thrilled to find several big puddles on the walk in the next morning. Needless to say, a walk which usually takes ten minutes took significantly longer, thanks to the allure of enourmous puddles! Happily, the children put their wellies and waterproofs to the test, racing each other across the puddles splashing everything in their wake.
Wimbledon - Frozen fun
This week has seen the arrival of Jack Frost (or Princess Elsa!). The forest looked absolutely stunning covered in a sparkling layer of frost. We had some fun exploring ice that formed at the edges of the puddles and one boy relished in showing his friends how to stamp on large shards of ice and “break it into HUNDREDS of pieces!”
Wimbledon - Fun in the leaves
Grab your hats and coats, the cold weather has arrived! After a deceptively balmy Monday to mark the end of October, November has swept into the forest with an icy blast. We have been enjoying the loss of leaves from the trees and onto our forest floor as it has provided us with a great resource for all manner of activities this week
Fulham - Autumn Leaves
Chiswick - Spooky craft
Fulham - Changing seasons
Chiswick - Spooky camp
Wimbledon - In the news
Chiswick - Vegetables
Wimbledon - Wonders of Autumn
Fulham - Play!
Wimbledon - Little Fishermen
Fulham - Warm welcome
Chiswick - Chestnuts
Chiswick - Scarecrow
Wimbledon - Den building
Chiswick - Leaves
A lot of our children’s interests this week have been centered around leaves. We brought a rake into the forest. The children had numerous amounts of ideas of what they wanted to use the rake for. Some children tried to create a path by clearing leaves. They called this path the road and it had to be used for driving only.
Wimbledon - Bark clippings!
We have had the most unexpected fun this week playing with bark chippings! We had a huge delivery of bark chippings in on Monday so that we could cover areas that become very muddy as we prepare for winter. The children however had different ideas! Turns out bark chippings make the most fabulous resource!