No-one likes mosquitoes, but are they a good enough reason to stop your child benefiting from outdoor play?
Read MoreAccording to child psychologist Michael Thompson, Phd, research shows no link between battle play in childhood and real-life aggression.
Instead, weapons play allows children to experience a range of emotions, from fear to heroism, and gives them the space to work through ideas about themselves and their world.
Read MoreSetting up base camp at Forest School is always fun. The forest takes us to another world, one where we can feel the air in our lungs and where we know adventure awaits. The resources we bring into the space need to fulfil a need, but we also want them to enhance not detract from our beautiful wild settings. In this blog we wanted to share with you why we absolutely adore the recycled plastic mats we use for our base camp…
Read MoreThere is this hanging vine in a rainforest we visit that bears the shape of a swing. It has been there for years, the pure essence of a wild playground.
Through time, the vine has started to fall under the weight of gravity and small children and is touching the ground.
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