As the last of our autumn leaves fall, the temperatures have cooled off and our inspection of frost on the crunchy leaves and the small disks of frozen water in our mud kitchen pots and pans have delighted our intrepid explorers.

Another busy week has flown by! It was a week filled with a little sun here and there, a bit of rain, and an icy day.  We strongly believe we were visited by the winter season especially on Tuesday and Wednesday. Winter decided to remind us that it’s just around the corner and so we must plan and prepare.

We have had a wonderful week in the forest, exploring fairy stories, literature and building up our language skills.

Our happy Little Forest Folk-ers have delighted in frolicking in the autumn forest this week. Gathering up armfuls of dry leaves and tossing them up into the air, filling boxes and then climbing in to wiggle around comfortably and creating nests for themselves, as well as using leaves as canvases for their creative painting,

With autumn blazing all around us, our beautiful, huge, plane tree is dressed gloriously in golden yellow, auburn and strawberry brown. We have delighted in catching leaves, exploring our natural world, finding insects and seeds and leaf patterns

It’s been a magical and vibrant week in the Forest as the children explored the wonders of autumn and immersed themselves in Halloween-themed activities.

The autumn leaves from our tall and glorious plane tree are starting to turn and change colour, as they fall, the children run to try and catch them.

This week in the forest, we’ve been embracing the themes of family, friendship, and togetherness, alongside exploring the wonderful changes happening in the world around us as the seasons shift.

Twickenham has delighted in the change of weather as the temperatures have dropped and the leaves have started to fall from the trees.

As the weather turns and the leaves begin to fall from our spectacular Plane Tree, the children have delighted in finding slugs and snails slithering around the forest, worms and the last of the ladybirds inching along through the forest and one day we even found a shivering bumble bee.