Muddy ways to get your school outdoor learning confident
outdoor learning confident Have a staff meeting about what clothes are needed for you and your staff to be comfortable outside. Are you going to fund this? Or put wellies and all-in-one suits on the uniform list? What about the staff, can they bring in spare fleeces,...
Replace the playdough with claydough! (Outdoor Learning)
Replace the playdough with claydough! This is why early years teachers are doing fiddly finger work than ever. I have seen fiddle draws, fiddle cupboards, finger gym, fine finger time and lots more different initiatives to bring this skill on. What air-drying clay do...
Ofsted & Outdoor Learning
Ofsted & Outdoor Learning. Our approach is an extension of the inside and we do not see outdoor learning as a separate entity and this is where our success lies and schools like our approach so much. This not only makes it manageable it makes our approach useful...
Plastic-free teaching (Outdoor Learning)
Want to move towards a plastic-free teaching career? The Muddy Puddle Teacher Approach approach is moving fast. We are constantly evolving while always keeping focused on our three Muddy M’s to better help indoor education through the outdoors. Muddy Mental...
Outdoor Learning Funding
The Muddy Puddle Teacher - Outdoor Learning Funding Funding your outdoor learning journey is important and this page will help you to raise funds using your local communities as support. Hold a 'Muddy Puddles Day' and ask children to come in outdoor gear. All bring £1...
Outdoor Learning Clothing (Learn outside the classroom)
Muddy Puddle Teacher Outdoor learning clothing What is 'Muddy Clothes Winter Donations Day'? We plan to hold two muddy clothes donations days to help better support outdoor learning. One in winter and one in summer. To help support our schools to get the...
BLOG: Bring a stick to school day…7th October
Use these top 5 tips to help make it a success in your setting. Bring a stick to school day top tips! 1. Send out the 'Bring a stick to school day' letter to parents informing them of the reasons why this is an incredibly rich way to engage imaginations. Head to our...
Outdoor learning is not as simple as just being outside…by Muddy TA Emma Jones.
Outdoor learning. People’s attitudes to outdoor learning differ so greatly and are seemingly irrespective of age or level of qualification. Where some teachers simply cannot stand the idea of spending so much as a second indoors, others are as repulsed as they are...
Forest School and The Muddy Puddle Approach
So what are the differences? Forest School and The Muddy Puddle Approach A full description of forest school can be found on the FSA. An association trying very hard to keep the approach as pure to its roots! However, as teachers, we found keeping to the 'pure' forest...
About The Muddy Puddle Teacher (Approach to Outdoor Learning)
The Muddy Philosophy: About The Muddy Puddle Teacher Opening the doors to a more engaging, active and innovative curriculum! At The Muddy Puddle Teacher, we recognise that not all learning can happen outdoors and there is a place for indoor learning within education....
Outdoor learning training
The Muddy Puddle Teacher Approach has everything you need to be a successful outdoor practitioner.
So what exactly does that look like?
- We save you time by training you to use only natural and recycled materials. This way there is little to no prep or clear away. To view our training head this way.
- There is nothing more to be bought once you are trained on our approach.
- You are going to save your school money because this approach is infectious. You will start looking at your waste inside the classroom too! The institute for outdoor learning uk have some great articles on this.
- We connect you with like-minded people, we want you to know you are understood and appreciated with us and know that there are others around you just the same.
- As well as inspiring you, training you, supporting you. We also provide you with hundreds of pick up resources that will give you ideas to take your learning outside. No worksheets allowed!
Many of you may have turned to us to search for – outdoor learning coronavirus- we can help massively with this and maybe it was time for a change anyway? To sign up and join The Muddy Puddle Teachers head this way.
To sign up and join The Muddy Puddle Teachers head this way.