World Environment Day

by | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized|World Environment Day

Viruses, Deforestation and Wildlife Trade, what do these have in common? By Marina Robb, Founding Director of Circle of Life Rediscovery Among the barrage of news around Covid 19, I finally succumbed to listening once again to the BBC News. An almost unnoticed comment...

Outdoor Classroom Day 2020

by | May 18, 2021 | CPD|Early Years|Kate Macairt|kids|Marina Robb|nature benefits|Nature Connection|Nature Play|nature-based workshops|Outdoor Classroom Day|Outdoor Learning|Play therapy|Uncategorized

Play? Naturally! By Kate Macairt Today is Outdoor Classroom Day 2020! As we tentatively begin to emerge from our safe spaces how are we going to re-adjust to human contact and integration? The enforced lock-down has in many ways been merely an exaggeration of the...

Just Imagine…a Blog for Mental Health Awareness Week

by | May 18, 2021 | CAMHS|CPD|Education|Forest School|Health|Kate Macairt|Mental Health Awareness Week|Mental Health Awareness Week 2020|therapeutic play|Uncategorized

Just Imagine, by Kate Macairt – Circle of Life Rediscovery Director This week is Mental Health Awareness Week 2020. Thinking back to New Year’s Day 2020, there I was sending out positive messages to family and friends; ‘2020 Vision Happy New year!’ I think I was...

Nature Play and the Early Years

by | May 18, 2021 | CPD|Creative Star Learning|Early Years|Education|Forest Kindergarten|Juliet Robertson|learning resources|Literacy|Maths|Messy Maths|nature benefits|Outdoor Learning|Schools|teachers|Uncategorized

Nature Play is essential for all our learning and development. In the early years of our lives we explore and experiment. What makes the human species so special? It has to do with all the care and time we are given by the adults around us as well as the variability...

Forest Kindergarten Training

by | May 18, 2021 | Childrens Rights|CPD|Early Years|Education|Forest Kindergarten|Forest School|International Day of Forests|Kindergarten|nature benefits|Nature Connection|nursery|Teacher training|teachers

Opening Up The Outdoors Forest Kindergarten is modelled on a Forest School approach and is based around child-centred learning through play in the Early Years. Forest Kindergartens offer young children frequent visits and regular play opportunities in a local, natural...