Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Chopping, Measuring, and Tasting!

Chiswick - Chopping, Measuring, and Tasting!

What a wonderful week we have had in the forest! Despite the rain showers greeting us at the start of the week, our adventurous spirits remained undampened. Rainy days bring a special kind of magic to our woodland home, and the children embraced every moment, splashing in puddles, investigating the flow of water, and discovering the endless possibilities of water play.

Wimbledon Village - Little Forest 'Peg People'!

Wimbledon Village - Little Forest 'Peg People'!

We shifted our attention from shapes and patterns to all sorts of marks and prints this week as we set up lots of opportunities for mark-making of all descriptions. The children looked at a range of animal footprints in clay, flour and on paper and were on the lookout for horse, dog and magpie tracks on the paths into and out of camp. We used natural materials to make marks too, painting with leaves, printing with carved potatoes and rolling patterns into mud.