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100 Forest School Activities

Naomi Walmsley Dan Walmsley

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Button Books
01 August 2024
100 Forest School Activities is a bumper book that teaches kids how to thrive outside, through outdoor crafts, bushcraft skills and nature-based play.

This lively collection of outdoor activities is an essential guide for connecting with the natural world, whatever the weather.

Packed with involved ways to improve your child's mind, activeness, creative thinking and day, this book includes: .

Ideas for primary schoolers to teens .

Projects for rainy days .

Imaginative outdoor games .

Bushcraft basics .

Gloriously messy crafts .

Activities to increase children's awareness of nature

Forest School encourages children to get up close to nature in a fun yet informative way. Controlled risk-taking in a natural environment improves children's confidence and self-esteem while boosting their social skills and resilience. It's also the perfect antidote to too much screen time and classroom-induced fatigue.

AGES: 5 plus

AUTHORS: Naomi and Dan Walmsley run Outback2Basics from their patch of woodland in Shropshire, UK. Specialising in bushcraft and Stone Age skills, they provide unique experiences for schoolchildren and teachers, showing them how to connect with nature. Naomi is a qualified bushcraft instructor and Forest School Leader. She has also written for many magazines, including Bushcraft & Survival Skills, Living Woods and Juno. They have written Forest School Handbook, Forest School Adventure and Urban Forest School for GMC Publications, and Naomi is the author of Live Like a Hunter Gatherer for Button Books.

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100 activities that link nature with learning and adventure Aimed at parents, teachers or anyone who enjoys being outdoors .

Encourages children to get outside and explore the world around them .

Written by award-winning outdoor specialists, with detailed knowledge of Forest School practices and who are highly experienced in leading school groups? .

From the best-selling authors of Forest School Adventure
By:   ,
Imprint:   Button Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 203mm, 
ISBN:   9781787081529
ISBN 10:   1787081524
Pages:   152
Publication Date:  
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 12 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  English as a second language
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unspecified
Introduction Practical information Chapter 1: Connecting with nature 1 Become a nature ninja 2 Prepare a pooter pot 3 Make a bug hangout 4 Create a journey stick. 5 Look close up 6 Get to know a tree 7 Pile up pebbles 8 Find a rainbow 9 Walk barefoot 10 Find a sit spot 11 Watch a trail camera 12 Make a camouflage cape Chapter 2: Fire, food and shelter 13 Collect tinder 14 Make firelighters 15 Use a fire striker 16 Light a quick fire 17 Start a fire with sunlight 18 Practise fire lays 19 Make char cloth... 20 … And charcoal 21 Play music by the campfire 22 Toast marshmallows 23 Make a popcorn maker 24 Make wild garlic flatbreads and mayo 25 Prepare a pizza 26 Make feta rolls 27 Go foraging 28 Bake bread in a can 29 Make daisy ‘popcorn’ 30 Cook campfire corn on the cob 31 Toast pieces of apple 32 Fry up some fritters 33 Bake a cake in an orange 34 Have a tea party 35 Build a survival den 36 Put up a team shelter 37 String up a tarp 38 Make a mini tipi 39 Construct a doll’s den Chapter 3: Nature crafts 41 Preserve animal tracks 41 Set up a mud café 42 Decorate leaves 43 Make a muddy mandala 44 Create nature art 45 Try out natural tie-dye 46 Draw a dragon 47 Craft a bird and nest 48 Find nature’s sweet treats 49 Make clay stick puppets 50 Mould a leaf bowl 51 Make a bow and arrow 52 Sail a mini raft 53 Create mud art 54 Make a twizzle stick 55 Create a nature gallery 56 Mix up mud play dough 57 Paint with nature 58 Use natural paintbrushes 59 Make a mosaic plant pot 60 Shape some stick people 61 Make a leaf tile 62 Find a rock burger 63 Whittle a wand 64 Sharpen a toasting fork 65 Fashion a flower 66 Carve an elf Chapter 4: Games 67 Tune in to the drum 68 Follow the string 69 Do outdoor yoga 70 Assemble a stick tower 71 Catch the rabbit 72 Identify a tree 73 Create an obstacle course 74 Build a bird’s nest 75 Make a 3D treasure map 76 Experiment with water 77 Make a nature alphabet 78 Pair up some leaves 79 Learn more about trees 80 Feel and draw 81 Identify edible plants Chapter 5: Rainy day activities 82 Enjoy the wet weather 83 Make a musical instrument 84 Create clay deer 85 Go on a scavenger hunt 86 Make a set of story stones 87 Make a measuring stick 88 Make a sun catcher 89 Mix up seed bombs 90 Make bird feeders 91 Sculpt some sand 92 Create a twiggy owl 93 Design a nature picture 94 Make pressed flower stones 95 Build a fairy world 96 Mould a clay bead necklace 97 Make a leaf bat 98 Print with sweet potatoes 99 Create a fairy circus 100 Make a talking stick Templates Resources

Dan and Naomi Walmsley run Outback2Basics from their patch of woodland in Shropshire in the UK. Specialising in bushcraft and Stone Age skills, they provide unique experiences for school children and teachers to connect to nature. Dan has been a bushcraft teacher for many years and has also acted as a medic and survival consultant on various TV shows. Naomi is a qualified bushcraft instructor and Forest School Leader and believes that every child should be able to safely light a fire and have at least ten uses for a stick by the age of ten. Together, they undertook a five-month Stone Age immersion experience in the US, living in the wilderness without any modern equipment, profoundly influencing their lives and teaching. They have written Forest School Adventure and Urban Forest School for GMC Publications and Naomi is the author of Live Like a Hunter Gatherer for Button Books. Find out more at www.outback2basics.co.uk

Reviews for 100 Forest School Activities

I absolutely love Naomi and Dan's Forest School book series and this new one is no exception. A brilliant resource for anyone who loves outdoor activity or wants to have a go. Their expertise is evident and guides you step by step through the activities with great safety advice included. * @mrsbrownsbookbox * This is an amazing book that is a real outdoor adventure for children. The illustrations are wonderfully detailed, bringing each activity to life inviting readers into the natural world. This book is a fantastic resource for schools, with endless possibilities for engaging students in hands-on learning and environmental education. Each activity is thoughtfully designed to spark curiosity and imagination and foster a love for nature. Whether building dens or identifying plants, this book makes outdoor learning both fun and educational. A must-have for promoting outdoor play and exploration. * @inclusive_childrens_books * I’ve been super excited to see this new book by Naomi and Dan Walmsley (experts in their field!) A huge bumper book of activity ideas for Forest School enthusiasts (and children and young people of course…) Inspire children and adults alike to get outdoors and connect with the natural world around us through games, bushcraft, messy arts and crafts, foraging and even knot tying! Fancy making a fairy home? Go on then! Let’s spend less time staring at screens and scrolling, and more time supporting healthy mental well-being. * @homeplayexplore * We really enjoyed this book, there are so many fun and different projects that will keep kids busy outdoors and make your forest school time even more meaningful and valuable. Everything is clearly set out and easy to follow. Through the pages of this book, parents, educators and nature enthusiasts will find a myriad of ideas to inspire little ones (and big ones) to embrace the beauty of the wilderness, cultivate a spirit of adventure and develop important skills while basking in the splendour of the great outdoors… or when the weather absolutely insists you stay indoors, it will help you bring nature inside! * In the Playroom blog * You can find 99 more wholesome family fun forest school ideas in the book 100 Forest School Activities by Naomi & Dan Walmsley. We really enjoyed browsing through this book and picking up all kinds of inspiration for ideas to try with our kids. As you all know, time outdoors in nature is so important, and is an amazing way to help children ground themselves. This book helps you out on those days when you just need a new idea to liven things up, or switch things up a bit. There are some great forest school ideas in this book for kiddos of all ages, so do check it out. * Crunchy Family blog * Out in time for the school summer holidays this will encourage families to get out into the great outdoors. Created by a couple who run a bushcraft and stone age skills experience in leafy Shropshire and who have actually lived off grid for a five month period as a stone age couple in the States, this has plenty of activities and games with the key word being controlled. This is for all conditions and let’s face it there will be rainy days ahead so there are a dozen and a half activities included for such eventualities. Aimed at parents and helpers this is full of activities that can be done with children whether on a camping trip or just a day trip. It is aimed to assist with the development of a range of skills and will be useful for years to come. * Happy Families blog * If you have kids who love spending time outdoors, this book is jam packed with a range of incredible activities to explore the great outdoors! * @father_teacher_reader * Getting kids outside can help hugely with wellbeing but it can be hard to know where to start with forest based activities. 100 Forest School Activities helps with inspiration and step by step guidance on everything from toasting marshmallows to building a bug house. My children’s school has a Forest School and they spend a full day each half term there. I was catching up with the dedicated teacher recently and she told me how children have said it is their favourite part of the school, and how happy they feel there. Magic! This book is brilliant to support such learning, or to create your own plans for it. * @kidsbookstolife *


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