Hello again! It’s Yasmin, the Learning Intern at Foxburrow Nature Reserve. It seems unbelievable that a month has passed since my last post - October was absolutely jam-packed!
I have really enjoyed leading the Wild Tots and Babies sessions. It has been wonderful to welcome so many families and an absolute pleasure to play with and get to know the children. Autumn is such a beautiful time of year and we have been blessed with some glorious sunshine. We have made the most of autumn treasures with lots of loose parts play and crafts. Loose parts play is when children use simple, everyday objects (often natural resources such as pine cones or conkers) that are open ended and can be used in many ways and combined with other loose parts to promote imagination and creativity.
It was also fantastic to launch our new monthly family group – Nature Nurturers. Last month we met to take action for hedgehogs. We completed a hedgehog habitat survey, created a hedgehog house and some hedgehog highways to take home. The month concluded with the Night Walk. There was a terrific buzz as we welcomed 90 people to the reserve to dissect owl pellets, search for bats and create lanterns to light their paths.
