Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Nature curriculum”
What is nature based learning? Nature based learning is a form of learning and development via the immersion in nature, which also has underlying conservation values as well. It develops a life long connection to the natural world for the children, and puts nature at the centre of their learning. I will go into the benefits of nature based learning …
Ronneby Naturum is set inside Ronneby Brunnspark – a huge outdoor nature area, with many walks, woods, play parks, ponds, and a swimming pool. The nature centre itself literally took our breath away. It is filled with fantastic exhibitions for both young and old, but what grabbed our attention and made it so great for the trio, was that it …
We are back into our Nature Curriculum again now that spring has started to arrive, and nature is finally waking up here in Sweden. It seemed a nice idea, on such a sunny afternoon, to head down to the pond to do a spot of pond dipping and pond studying. The weather has been so sunny, less windy, and dryer, …
Reading a post on another blog, I discovered there was an easy way to add pond life to our garden. We could make a mini pond. My trio love pond dipping, and AcornSTEM’s post was fantastic with its step by step guide. It was a real incentive to try and do this myself. I researched it a little more first, and came …
We have been studying snails in the Nature Curriculum. Slightly hindered by the snow on the ground, so admittedly it has been mainly theory based. However, it hasn’t stopped us enjoying some snail art and craft. We had lots of ideas, but just did three. I have to rein myself in sometimes as there is so much I want to …
This week it has been the spring equinox, otherwise called the vernal equinox. So, we deviated away from our nature curriculum to have a closer look and some fun with this instead. So what is it? It is technically when spring starts. It is termed an equinox, as all over the globe day and night is roughly equal in length, …
Having had the spring equinox on Monday 20th March, we have used this as our theme this week. So all our crafting has been spring crafts. Lots of lovely fun sunny spring craft ideas, to make us feel that we are finally saying goodbye to our long winter (and hat wearing). The first of our spring crafts …
The month of March in the Nature Curriculum, is a difficult one for us. Everything is still very much still asleep here in Sweden. The temperatures are still below freezing, and snow is still falling from the sky. There are signs that spring is on its way with more daylight hours, and a lot more birdsong, but it takes a …
The mini men have been using bird maths and writing themed ideas for their learning this week. There are lots more ideas out there (check out my Pinterest board https://uk.pinterest.com/mammasschool/nature-curriculum-birds/ for more ideas as well as craft ones too!). Both boys have a limited attention span for more traditional types of learning exercises, so we choose 3 or 4 and don’t do …
Our theme for the week is nesting birds. With this in mind, our hike this week needed to be in a good spot for some bird watching. We have a nature reserve on Almö which is not too far. This is a long strip of land, and about half way down there is a bay with a good view of …
