Natures Harvest

Autumn is the perfect time of year to give children an opportunity to be creative using materials gathered from the forest and park. In the pdf file examples are produced by participants on artist Laureen Magill’s Creative Outdoors workshop at Play Resource.

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Autumn Change

Autumn is a magical time of year that yields an abundance of natural materials such as conkers, twigs, acorns, cones, seed pods and leaves.

Why not bring natural materials into your work with children by giving them the opportunity to explore outdoors, gathering natural materials and getting inspiration from the autumn season.
An autumn table is a great way of bringing the outdoors inside, it can become a centre piece that will stimulate discussion, creative activity and learning. Taking children for a walk in the local park to gather natures harvest is also a perfect way to promote health and well being. Provide each child with a bag to collect their finds and a little mirror to look for birds in the trees. Challenge them to catch a falling leaf or sycamore helicopter.

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