100 Forest School Activities by Walmsley, Naomi

100 Forest School Activities is a bumper book that teaches kids how to thrive outside, through outdoor crafts, bushcraft skills and nature-based play. This lively collection of outdoor activities is an essential guide for connecting with the natural world, whatever the weather. Packed with involved ways to improve your child's mind, activeness, creative thinking and day, this book includes: . Ideas for primary schoolers to teens . Projects for rainy days . Imaginative outdoor games . Bushcraft basics . Gloriously messy crafts . Activities to increase children's awareness of nature Forest School encourages children to get up close to nature in a fun yet informative way. Controlled risk-taking in a natural environment improves children's confidence and self-esteem while boosting their social skills and resilience. It's also the perfect antidote to too much screen time and classroom-induced fatigue. AGES: 5 plus AUTHORS: Naomi and Dan Walmsley run Outback2Basics from their patch of woodland in Shropshire, UK. Specialising in bushcraft and Stone Age skills, they provide unique experiences for schoolchildren and teachers, showing them how to connect with nature. Naomi is a qualified bushcraft instructor and Forest School Leader. She has also written for many magazines, including Bushcraft & Survival Skills, Living Woods and Juno. They have written Forest School Handbook, Forest School Adventure and Urban Forest School for GMC Publications, and Naomi is the author of Live Like a Hunter Gatherer for Button Books. SELLING POINTS: . 100 activities that link nature with learning and adventure Aimed at parents, teachers or anyone who enjoys being outdoors . Encourages children to get outside and explore the world around them . Written by award-winning outdoor specialists, with detailed knowledge of Forest School practices and who are highly experienced in leading school groups? . From the best-selling authors of Forest School Adventure