Stuff to do outdoors & with nature
This page has links to organisations who provide ideas for getting outdoors or doing activities with nature. Sometimes it is hard to get out as often as we wish to but we can do projects at home that use nature.
Indoors/close to home
https://www.forestryengland.uk/blog/7-indoor-activities-connect-the-kids-forests
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/kids-nature-activities-self-isolation/
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/people/nature-activities-for-children/
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/try-this-at-home.html
Identification/Nature spotting
https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/discover-wild-plants-nature/spotter-sheets
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/identify-a-bird/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/tree-id-kids/
pages with lots of ideas
https://www.ltl.org.uk/free-resources/
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/nature-detectives/
https://www.forestryengland.uk/resource
https://www.wildlifewatch.org.uk/activities
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/games-and-activities/activities/
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/50-things-to-do
Ideas for town and city
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/take-part/citizen-science/bioblitz/city-nature-challenge-london.html
https://www.plantlife.org.uk/wildflowerhunt/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/GB_WFH-Town-spotter-sheet.pdf
Go Fly a kite!
take a flask out somewhere local
make a pocket collection
Nature table drawing
