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Little Forest Folk

Who We Are
Careers
About Us
Our Team
Testimonials
Awards
Media
Nurseries
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Chiswick
Dulwich
Fulham
Morden
Putney Heath
Twickenham
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Wimbledon
Winkworth
Forest Info
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Our Food
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11 June 2018
Awards and Testimonials
Little Forest Folk
We're in the paper!

Following the announcement of our Queen’s award in April, we are delighted to share an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in May.

We're in the paper!
21 April 2018
In the news
Little Forest Folk
Little Forest Folk Gets a Royal Seal of ...

We’ve been bursting with excitement and now that it’s the Queen’s birthday and the official announcement day, we are absolutely delighted to finally share with you the news that Little Forest Folk has been given the royal seal of approval.

Little Forest Folk Gets a Royal Seal of Approval
5 October 2017
Awards and Testimonials
Little Forest Folk
We're in the paper!

Following our being selected by Tatler as being one of the finest nurseries in the nation last month, we are now delighted to share with you an article written about Little Forest Folk by a journalist who visited us in our Wimbledon setting a few weeks ago.

We're in the paper!
26 September 2017
Awards and Testimonials
Little Forest Folk
Nursery World Awards 2017

Well, this weekend was the long awaited Nursery World Awards! It was a fabulous event and we were delighted to be recognised in such a large industry such as the early years to be one of the industry leaders.

Nursery World Awards 2017
5 September 2017
Awards and Testimonials
Little Forest Folk
Tatler nurseries guide 2017

‘Wouldn’t we all secretly like to be Little Forest Folk?' We are incredibly excited and proud to be included once again in the prestigious annual Tatler Nurseries Guide.

Tatler nurseries guide 2017
Little Forest Folk
10 July 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Building fire

Little Forest Folk
10 July 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Building fire

The children have been sharing their interests and requests with us this week and it’s been really clear upon reflection that there has been a very strong interest in building fires. We observed some children engaging in fire building role play so suggested we could go off-site to collect sticks to build a real fire...

Tagged: wimbledon, newsletter, summer

Little Forest Folk
8 July 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Transport songs

Little Forest Folk
8 July 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Transport songs

The children have taken a great interest in transport and have adored singing transport songs in both English and Spanish. We sang songs such as ‘Row Your Boat’, ‘Wheels on the Bus’, ‘La Foca Marisol’ and ‘El choche de papa’...

Tagged: chiswick, newsletter, summer

Little Forest Folk
1 July 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Transport

Little Forest Folk
1 July 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Transport

The children have enjoyed taking part in transport related activities this week.  We’ve looked at rockets, cars, buses, ships/boats and even animals used for transport.  

Tagged: summer, chiswick, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
1 July 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Imagination

Little Forest Folk
1 July 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Imagination

This week the children’s imaginations have reached new levels! Once again we have had limited resources available and it really seems to promote wonderful play scenarios. We have made (mud!) ice cream with sprinkles and built fires to cook various findings! 

Tagged: wimbledon, newsletter, summer

Little Forest Folk
25 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Squishy mud!

Little Forest Folk
25 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Squishy mud!

Wow this has been a wet week. Our forest is squishy, squelchy, muddy and wet. The children are in heaven!

Tagged: wimbledon, newsletter, summer

Little Forest Folk
24 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Confidence

Little Forest Folk
24 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Confidence

We started off this week with heavy showers, massive puddles and a lot of muddy hands and faces.

When it rains and a big puddle is formed, the children like to jump off of a log near the water and start to chant...

Tagged: chiswick, newsletter, summer

Little Forest Folk
21 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Summer hours

Little Forest Folk
21 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Summer hours

The clocks may have changed a few weeks ago but with the introduction of Little Forest Folk summer hours we feel the season has officially now changed!

Tagged: summer, wimbledon

Little Forest Folk
18 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Singing!

Little Forest Folk
18 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Singing!

Carrying on from our Music and Sounds topic last week, we did a lot of singing this week.  We learned and tried to sing songs in Spanish while doing the actions...

Tagged: chiswick, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
17 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Resource free

Little Forest Folk
17 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Resource free

Our first full week of no resources to stimulate fully engaged creative nature play started this week and it was beautiful. The children showed a real interest in wildlife and spent a lot of time watching birds fly, hop along the ground and listened to them sing...

Tagged: newsletter, wimbledon

Little Forest Folk
13 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Queens birthday

Little Forest Folk
13 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Queens birthday

We’ve enjoyed dressing up as the Queen and making teas and coffees for our many tea parties we’ve had this week whilst celebrating the Queen’s Birthday...

Tagged: chiswick, summer, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
10 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Nature play

Little Forest Folk
10 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Nature play

What an interesting week. Glorious sunshine for the majority of the week with then torrential rain on one afternoon meaning such extensive floods that we had to carry the children across the bridge for our journey back to the car park! The children thought the storm and the subsequent flooding were amazing...

Tagged: summer, wimbledon, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
7 June 2016
Recipes

Our new food collaboration

Little Forest Folk
7 June 2016
Recipes
Our new food collaboration

We are passionate about giving children healthy nutritious meals and snacks. But more than that, we want to steer our children away from traditional kids food such as sausage and beans or fish fingers and chips...

Tagged: food, recipe

Little Forest Folk
3 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Rainy play

Little Forest Folk
3 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Rainy play

We began with torrential rain on Tuesday but didn't let the bad weather stop play! Our children were little troopers and loved creeping amongst the canopies of the trees to find mini beasts and other hidden treasures. 

Tagged: nursery, holiday camp, wimbledon, newsletter, summer, half term

Little Forest Folk
3 June 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - First holiday camps

Little Forest Folk
3 June 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - First holiday camps

Our first Holiday camp was an amazing success, a great opportunity for children to come and share fantastic nature based experiences with us in our magical setting.

Tagged: newsletter, chiswick, summer, holiday camp, half term

Little Forest Folk
27 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Supertato!

Little Forest Folk
27 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Supertato!

A super week with a lot of ‘Super Vegetables’ involved!  The children loved taking part in our ‘Supertato’ topic this week.  Of course, we read the book again and also introduced other books including different vegetables, ‘Supertato Hap-Pea Ever After’ being one of them.

Tagged: chiswick, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
27 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Mini beasts!

Little Forest Folk
27 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Mini beasts!

What a week for mini beasts!  We've collected worms, caterpillars, spiders and woodlice, as well as the occasional slug and snail. Sticky!

Tagged: wimbledon, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
20 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Explorations

Little Forest Folk
20 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Explorations

The wider nature reserve has been our playground this week. We've been looking for tadpoles, watching the rain splash down on the pond, we've found trees with fungi growing on them and have learned all about different trees and their textures and leaves...

Tagged: wimbledon, spring, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
20 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Chiswick - Treasure

Little Forest Folk
20 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Chiswick - Treasure

This week we moved our base camp to a different area in Chiswick House and Gardens. Our new location is sheltered by branches and has lots of climbing opportunity for our children...

Tagged: spring, chiswick, newsletter

Little Forest Folk
17 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Dressed by the kids... Thank you!!

Little Forest Folk
17 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Dressed by the kids... Thank you!!

We just want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who made a donation including some very whacky clothes for our Dressed by the Kids Day :-)  We raised £155 plus £28.75 gift aid - thank you! 

Tagged: charity, wimbledon, chiswick

Little Forest Folk
14 May 2016
Our week in the forest

Wimbledon - Mixed weather!

Little Forest Folk
14 May 2016
Our week in the forest
Wimbledon - Mixed weather!

What a mixed week of weather!  We've had torrential rain in which we've observed all of the slugs and snails come out to play. We built little boats made of bark and other natural materials and placed them strategically around the forest in the hope...

Tagged: wimbledon, spring, newsletter

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