This week in the forest we’ve had a peruse over the books in our wonderful library where we discovered lots of interesting stories. We chose our favourite stories & took them into the forest to recreate our own literary adventures.
Wandsworth - Immersed in Imaginative Games
Wimbledon - Whittling and Diwali
Chiswick - Recap of Our Diwali Delights
Fulham - Math-tastic Fun!
This week has been jam-packed with Math-tastic fun! Early maths concepts such as number, shape and pattern have inspired our educators to create exciting and engaging activities for our Little Forest Folk-ers! As a team we ensure that engaging with maths concepts is accessible through both independent play and educator-led activities. Most importantly, it is always FUN!
Morden - Celebrating the cold!
This week in the Morden Forest we've been celebrating lots about this time of year! To celebrate fireworks night and Diwali, we were using big splashes of colour in all of our crafting this week, and discussing all the things we like to celebrate while doing so!! The children's descriptive language has continued to flourish during our play, and we're loving to listen to all of this new vocabulary popping up!
Putney Heath - Diwali Dress Up & A Teddy Bear Picnic
With Diwali quickly approaching, the Little Forest Folk-ers and educators had many celebrations throughout the week. Rangolis were made using natural resources such as sticks and leaves. The children listened to stories about the history of Diwali and also dressed up with masks of Sita, Rama and Ghanesh. One child shared their Diwali books from home as well as bindis for everyone to wear.
Twickenham - Chocolate Factory & Monster Trucks!
Magical adventures!
We kicked off our week by talking about the amazing celebrations and fireworks from the weekend. And speaking of sparkles, we tried to recreate the fireworks using glitter and confetti, and transformed lolly sticks and colourful strings into unique stick figures. We also delved into the world of colourful mandalas, using sparkly shapes and textured pom-poms to create magnificent works of art.
Wandsworth - Wizards and Lizards
Wimbledon - Measuring Mushrooms!
Chiswick - A Week of Discovery and Adventure!
Fulham - From Fire Fighters to Pumpkins to Vampires!
Morden - Happy Halloween!
Putney Heath - Spook-tacular!
Booooo…Boooo…Boo! The forest was a spook-tacular sight this week. The children used their fine motor skills to paint the scariest ghosts Putney Heath has ever seen. To begin the activity, the little ones ventured off on a leaf hunt. Leaves of all sizes were found, and a variety of different colours as well. Although the leaves were autumnal colours, the children used white and black paint to create little ghosts. Ghastly sounds could be heard throughout the forest all day.
Twickenham - 'Hairy Scary Castle!'
This week, the forest transformed into a hairy scary castle where the wind goes whoosh, and the doors go bang! Where the stairs go creak, and the ghosts go boo! Our plane tree stood over the forest, observing everything with its humongous watchful eyes. The giant spiders came out to play overnight, weaving large spider webs throughout the forest. The worms also came out of their underground houses and congregated on our art table, wiggling and squiggling and enjoying the spooky day.
Wandsworth - Spirit of Adventure!
We have had a very fun time in our swampy and sludgy camp this week. The children handled the showers and streams of rain with inspirational fortitude. The weather has done little to deter their spirit of adventure!We have had a very fun time in our swampy and sludgy camp this week. The children handled the showers and streams of rain with inspirational fortitude. The weather has done little to deter their spirit of adventure!
