With this in mind, I was shocked to read a recent study that showed the amount of time UK children play outside has decreased by 71%. Outdoor play also teaches critical life skills such as resilience, teamwork & creativity. It improves children’s physical & mental health, engages them with learning & leads to a greater connection with nature. The enjoyment, sense of wonder & excitement that is generated when children play in & discover their environment is unquestionable. Last year, over 2.3 million children got out of the schoolroom to learn outside in the real world!Īs a teacher myself, I am a huge advocate of outdoor learning. It’s a day when thousands of schools around the world take their lessons outdoors. Outdoor Classroom Day is a global campaign to celebrate and inspire outdoor learning & play. that way, you keep things nice and tidy as you go along too.Nature Walk Activity – Colour Hunt: Outdoor Classroom Day #DirtIsGood Remember – get the kids to TIDY AWAY one colour they have completed before moving on to the next. zero set up) and it is lots of fun for the kids. will you join us on a colour hunt this rainy day day?! It is so quick to “set up” (i.e. surely?! We could resit some loom bands as well as adding our Mummy Duck from our 5 Little Ducks Went Swimming One Day.Īnd then FINALLY… look look!!!! We found the POT OF GOLD! Who knew we had so many GOLDEN THINGS in our house (I confess, this was the trickiest hunt!! But we got there). Then we had a brief white diversion – this must be the fluffy white clouds at the end of the rainbow. and how can refuse a pretty cupcake case. but then they are adorable !! (check out how to make our Tinkerbell Clothespin here) and yes, the kids kept popping them back in and in and in. Next up, we have some green! Ah yes, those Sunny Angels are simply ADORABLE, aren’t they. And of course one of our favourite little Peg People and another cork butterfly (we didn’t cheat ad add one to all our colour photos!) some lovely feathers and buttons and balloons! Yay. we went on a Red Hunt… (check out our little Felt Strawberry!) but we still found our pot of gold, yes we did!!).įirst up… our pink finds… LOVE how many crafty things or crafty “tools” it includes (you can check out our Cork Butterflies here and we have LOTS of Pom Pom Craft ideas for you over here!) You don’t HAVE to stick to the order of the rainbow (and those eagle eyed among will notice that we “did” Pink instead of Purple”. This is also a great opportunity to get the kids involved in photography – why not get the kids to photograph their finds? Join us on our Rainbow Hunt! maybe you will find a pot of gold?! See below and see if we did?Ī wonderful activity for Spring, St Patrick’s Day or Summer too… especially if you do find that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. no set up time and plenty of time to keep the kids busy. in the park you will find other things, I am sure.). As it requires NO SET UP time, you can do this Rainy Day Activity any time and any place (yes any place. I then popped our “Pink Colour Hunt” onto Instagram and realised what a fun little kids activity this is – PERFECT for a Rainy Day. oh it was so much fun to see how many different things of the same colour we could find. and the other day, the kids and I where having a bit of “photo fun”… we went on a “colour hunt” around the house and started photographing the things we could find. So… some of you may know that I LOVE Instagram.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |