Tag Archives: outdoor learning Isle of Man

How lucky are we to be surrounded by such rich opportunities to immerse ourselves in nature? The best classroom is roofed only by the sky”-Margaret McMillan. Today our Little Cherubs trekked to our favourite spot to collect a variety of textured leaves and sticks. The children used mathematical describing words such as ‘big, small, tall,…

Last week we brought the Preschool children into the glen for a Nature Scavenger Hunt. The children thoroughly enjoyed looking at the images on their papers and using their senses to look and listen carefully to their surroundings. They found so many things on the cards such as dogs, birds, pinecones, nests, bridges, flowers, something…

Here are some photos of the outdoor learning that has been going on over last week and today 🙂 Today we took the children to our piece of land that we will be using to do our outdoor learning. We started the session by taking a walk around the land with the children and getting…

Children can be more active, attentive and engaged in learning when it takes place using the outdoor environment. All areas of the curriculum can be delivered using the outdoors. Using the outdoors for teaching, learning and play helps children to adopt positive life long learning skills, taking the emphasis away from education happening only in…

Being outdoors has a positive impact on children’s sense of well-being and helps all aspects of children’s development. At Little Cherubs we encourage our children to appreciate nature, plants, insects, animals and the natural world in order to understand its processes and the patterns of the seasons. The use of natural materials in play and…

A new challenge was set to find the ideal place to create a new den! not only did we find it but one with our very own landslide 🙂 Our children love the outdoors’s where there is more space to be creative. Taking part in physical activities (like walking, climbing, pulling branches, digging) makes them…