I am delighted to be an Ordnance Survey Get Outside Champion. Our role is simple – whether it’s picking dandelions on the way home from school, making a den in the woods, or taking the kids to check out that church you can see on top of the hill, we want to get you outside!
Map reading is such an important skill. I have talked before about why you should teach children to read a map. It is also one of my essential skills in…
There are plenty of good reasons to teach children to read a map. Navigation, of course, is the primary one. Whether it’s being able to move safely around wild spaces,…
It’s not often we get massive amounts of snow here in the UK, but this week we seem to be getting more than our fair share. Once the kids have…
Recently, the kids and I have had lots of fun trying to identify interesting features using OS Maps of our local area. It is amazing just how much of our…
I am thrilled to introduce fellow Ordnance Survey #GetOutside Champion Glyn Dodwell who has kindly agreed to contribute a guest post to our blog on Tracking Signs.
I think everyone would agree that Autumn is a beautiful season. The changing colours of leaves before they fall is a wonderful sight, but due to the nature of the…
Foraging outside for items to craft with is a wonderful way to spend a couple of hours. Not only does it get you out in the fresh air, exploring the…
Following on from our Drying Wild Herbs and Flowers post, I thought it would be useful to talk about collecting seeds. There are lots of great reasons to save your…
Obstacle courses are are a great way to get kids active. Climbing, balancing, and running around madly always seems to appeal to kids, even if they are not so keen…
Today’s #30DaysWild activity was inspired by something we saw when we were out on our very first #30DaysWild adventure.
In one of our neighbour’s fields sits a beautiful, ancient Oak Tree. We often speculate about how old it must be, and were delighted when they gave us permission to…
This evening I sat my kids down, and asked them how they go about climbing a tree. This is what they told me …