This week, our focus has been on art and creativity, with our little ones enjoying a wide range of activities designed to develop their early mark-making skills. The older members of the group especially loved taking part in some exciting large-scale art projects.

What a lovely week we've had in the forest! The cooler weather was a welcome change after last week's intense heat. Although the paddling pool stayed packed away this time, there was still loads of fun on site!

What a wonderfully sunny week we've had! With temperatures soaring, our intention this week was all about staying cool, hydrated, and having lots of fun while based at the Scout Hut. 

This week has been all about counting, sorting and linking numerals to quantities, with mathematical thinking naturally woven through our play and adventures in the forest.

What a wonderful week we've had in the forest exploring healthy habits, independence, and all the amazing things our bodies can do!

What a wild week we've had with the weather! After last week's heatwave, this week brought torrential downpours and plenty of puddles. A huge thank you to all of our Wimbledon families for being so flexible and understanding during our weather-related evacuations, and for bringing lots of spare clothes at pick-up. Your support is always greatly appreciated!

On Tuesday, we enjoyed some exciting ice play. The children used spray bottles, squeeze bottles and little wooden hammers to melt and crack giant ice cubes into smaller pieces. It was fascinating watching the colours mix together and slowly turn into a deep purple. We also began making our very own elderflower cordial!

Back at base camp, some of the children continued their recent fascination with making fishing hooks, practising their knot-tying skills with great concentration and perseverance. Later in the day, we identified some of the insects we had spotted amongst the forget-me-nots and ground ivy.

What a wonderfully adventurous week we’ve had at Forest School! Despite the cold weather and heavy rain at the beginning of the week the puddles were impossible to resist and the children delighted in splashing and stomping their way through our walkouts with huge smiles and lots of laughter.

This week, the children explored a sensory tuff tray filled with oobleck. We mixed water and cornflour together to create a magical mixture and added blue and yellow paint, discovering that the colours mixed together to make green. The children loved squeezing, pinching and scraping the oobleck from the tray while exploring the unusual texture through sensory play.

The children carefully searched the trees, spotting caterpillars dangling delicately on silky threads. They showed such kindness and respect, gently observing them before returning them safely to their homes. We also noticed tiny holes in leaves, discussing how much (or how little!) the caterpillars had been eating. Alongside this, the children enjoyed drawing their own caterpillars and butterflies and talking about the fascinating transformation into butterflies. 

an adventure walk, where the children explored the natural environment by balancing across a bridge and navigating through tall, slender trees.

We continued our tool work project that we started last month, making a reading bench! We had already sawed a pallet into two pieces which we then problem solved with our educators to think about how we could attach it together and which design we wanted to make - a picnic style bench or a park bench? We decided on a park bench, and it worked wonders! We worked with our trained educators and made sure to wear our safety equipment.

We learnt what we can do to help the bees! Earlier this year, we already planted some wildflower seeds to help create habitats for them and this week, we focused on water and a bee hotel for mining bees. We gathered stones on our adventures to and from the car park, and placed them in a shallow dish. Here we then poured water into the dish so the bees could drink and wash themselves.

This week we have focused on expanding our role play and imaginative minds, that’s right, Peter Pan and our pirates are back! We have added to our experiences by learning how to make treasure maps at the scout hut

This week we have focussed on our counting and shapes! We started off by visiting the frog pond at our indoor site on a high wind day. We ventured over to Morley Park to see if the frogspawn had hatched…. as you can see from the photos, yes they have!

Another glorious week in the forest at Little Forest Folk Wimbledon! The sun has been shining and it has been a hive of activity.

We have spent this week learning about Eid, going on walks to the frog pond and also visiting Fairy Land! 

This week Little Forest Folk Wimbledon has been full of experiments, exploring and excitement! The children have made their own volcanoes, been on frog hunts and even made pizza on the fire! 

This weather is perfect for the forest and we have spent the week engaged in so many fun activities! 

The signs of spring have really started to show in the forest this week. At Little Forest Folk Wimbledon we have noticed the daffodils peeping out, then bumblebees starting to appear and even some little bunnies hopping around. It really is a hive of activity in the forest, and that goes for the children too!