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A beautifully designed book full of creative ideas and fun activities to get your children outdoors, with a foreword by Chris Packham. Spending time outdoors and interacting with the elements gives our senses a host of stimuli that cannot be recreated indoors. Whether you’re splashing in muddy puddles, making shelters, foraging blackberries, playing hide and seek or watching birds, experiencing the natural world reduces stress, makes us feel alive and lays critical foundations for a healthy developing brain. Learning with Nature is ideal for parents, teachers and youth workers looking to enrich children’s learning through nature and teach them to enjoy and respect the great outdoors. Written by experienced Forest School practitioners, it is packed with more than 100 tried and tested games and activities suitable for groups of children aged between 3 and 16, which aim to help children develop key practical and social skills and gain a better awareness in the world. The book is well-organised and features step-by-step instructions, age guides, a list of resources needed, and invisible learning points. Explore, have fun, make things and learn about nature with this fantastic guide.

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This is a truly inspirational book that will get you and your children running to be outside. -- Cathi Pawon, Juno A creative and easy to read guide of games and activities for the great outdoors which are suitable for all ages, from children of nursery age right through to adults. ... 6 out of 6 stars. -- Sandra Kent, Families Magazine An unmissable guide to harnessing the positive power of natural play. Read this book and you will never want to waste a day inside again! -- Jess French, presenter of CBeebies' Minibeast Adventures Whether you are a parent or educator, Learning with Nature is full of ideas for fun in the great outdoors. It caters for children and young people of all ages and abilities - and comes with clear instructions and illustrations. So grab a copy, get your boots on, fill your backpack and head to your nearest wild (or not so wild) space for some playful adventures. -- Tim Gill, Author of No Fear: Growing Up In A Risk Averse Society I recommend this book to you all, so 'get out, play and connect'! -- John Cree, Chair of the Forest School Association This wonderful new book aims to connect children with nature. Through a broad range of outdoor activities and games, young people are encouraged to engage their senses and interact with nature. This not only leads to a better understanding of the natural world but can also contribute to much broader agendas such as personal and social development. Most importantly, the activities are fun. It is through enjoyment and understanding that people will want to conserve and care for their environment and so I encourage everyone to give the book a try. -- Andy Naylor John Muir England Award Manager This book enables key outdoor experiences to happen. It includes an exciting 'toolkit' of well-structured, engaging activities that will inspire, excite and encourage children to reconnect with nature - and to have a whole load of fun in the process! -- Amanda Elmes, Learning, Outreach and Volunteer Lead, South Downs National Park Authority

Learnlng with Nature is a valuable resource to anyone with a passion to create this connection between children and the outside world. With 100 different game and activity ideas, forest school leaders, families, home schoolers, cubs, brownie, scout and guide leaders would all find something here. -- Caroline Bennett, Westonbirt Magazine This book will be invaluable to all gardeners who enjoy creating opportunities to get their younger family and friends excited about being in a garden. I thoroughly recommend it. -- The Gardening Times All three authors are experienced practitioners, and the book speaks with real authority... The result is a book of outdoor ideas that just beg to be tried. -- Make Wealth History This is a truly inspirational book that will get you and your children running to be outside. -- Cathi Pawon, Juno A creative and easy to read guide of games and activities for the great outdoors which are suitable for all ages, from children of nursery age right through to adults. ... 6 out of 6 stars. -- Sandra Kent, Families Magazine Whether you are a parent or educator, Learning with Nature is full of ideas for fun in the great outdoors. It caters for children and young people of all ages and abilities - and comes with clear instructions and illustrations. So grab a copy, get your boots on, fill your backpack and head to your nearest wild (or not so wild) space for some playful adventures. -- Tim Gill, Author of No Fear: Growing Up In A Risk Averse Society I recommend this book to you all, so 'get out, play and connect'! -- John Cree, Chair of the Forest School Association This wonderful new book aims to connect children with nature. Through a broad range of outdoor activities and games, young people are encouraged to engage their senses and interact with nature. This not only leads to a better understanding of the natural world but can also contribute to much broader agendas such as personal and social development. Most importantly, the activities are fun. It is through enjoyment and understanding that people will want to conserve and care for their environment and so I encourage everyone to give the book a try. -- Andy Naylor John Muir England Award Manager This book enables key outdoor experiences to happen. It includes an exciting 'toolkit' of well-structured, engaging activities that will inspire, excite and encourage children to reconnect with nature - and to have a whole load of fun in the process! -- Amanda Elmes, Learning, Outreach and Volunteer Lead, South Downs National Park Authority

An unmissable guide to harnessing the positive power of natural play. Read this book and you will never want to waste a day inside again! -- Jess French, presenter of CBeebies' Minibeast Adventures Whether you are a parent or educator, Learning with Nature is full of ideas for fun in the great outdoors. It caters for children and young people of all ages and abilities - and comes with clear instructions and illustrations. So grab a copy, get your boots on, fill your backpack and head to your nearest wild (or not so wild) space for some playful adventures. -- Tim Gill, Author of No Fear: Growing Up In A Risk Averse Society I recommend this book to you all, so 'get out, play and connect'! -- John Cree, Chair of the Forest School Association This wonderful new book aims to connect children with nature. Through a broad range of outdoor activities and games, young people are encouraged to engage their senses and interact with nature. This not only leads to a better understanding of the natural world but can also contribute to much broader agendas such as personal and social development. Most importantly, the activities are fun. It is through enjoyment and understanding that people will want to conserve and care for their environment and so I encourage everyone to give the book a try. -- Andy Naylor John Muir England Award Manager This book enables key outdoor experiences to happen. It includes an exciting 'toolkit' of well-structured, engaging activities that will inspire, excite and encourage children to reconnect with nature - and to have a whole load of fun in the process! -- Amanda Elmes, Learning, Outreach and Volunteer Lead, South Downs National Park Authority

This book enables key outdoor experiences to happen. It includes an exciting 'toolkit' of well-structured, engaging activities that will inspire, excite and encourage children to reconnect with nature--and to have a whole load of fun in the process! --Amanda Elmes, learning, outreach and volunteer lead, South Downs National Park Authority

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Marina Robb is a qualified teacher specialising in Environmental Education. Victoria Mew is a Forest School practitioner with wide experience in wilderness survival and nature awareness schools both in the UK and the USA. Anna Richardson has a huge amount of experience in bushcraft and is a Forest School teacher. Their courses for children, and for adults training to work with children, are proving both popular and hugely successful.

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