Category: Outdoor Learning Blog

By Chris Holland For the vast majority of our history we have used a language of sounds, songs and pictures to connect with each other before any word was written down.  When we humans eventually learnt to tame fire we gathered around it. A hearth. So often a place of stories and connection. It’s in

Ofsted Outdoor Learning We are a relatively new approach but what is incredible is the impact it is having on the child and teacher and at the rapid speed schools and nurseries are taking this approach up. Our approach is an extension of the inside and we do not see outdoor learning as a separate

In my 12 years of teaching I have taught children about kindness, acts of kindness, how to be kind, probably hundreds of times and always I did it inside.  Never once did I think to take it outside or to use something that is so giving, kind and respectful to us, yet asks for nothing

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 Strength. Muddy Movers. Muddy Mother Nature. One area we did not expect was how connected

Outdoor Learning Reading | The Muddy Puddle Teacher By Neal from Kickstarters Kickstarters Unique Outdoor Lesson Plans With a huge emphasis on reading in the new Ofsted framework, Kickstarters cleverly combine physical activity through unique lesson plans in children’s favourite story books for year groups Nursery to Year 2. Each lesson plan equates to up

Outdoor Learning Funding | The Muddy Puddle Teacher Funding your outdoor learning journey is important and this page will help you to raise funds using your local communities as support. If you are interested in applying for funding click here to get the most recent and up-to-date list. Hold a ‘Muddy Puddles Day’ and ask

Outdoor Learning Funding | The Muddy Puddle Teacher   Funding for outdoor learning is incredibly important for most of us. Here are a few options you could apply for but do not forget the power of raising funds within your own community as well.    Click here to see a Blog about ways you can make

Outdoor Learning Clothing | Muddy Puddle Teacher 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 clothes in they need to get children outside and messy.  Furthermore,

Use these top 5 tips to help make it a success at your setting.  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 Facebook group to get a free sample. Click here.  2. Have

Why My Mood Stars? Outdoor learning | The Muddy Puddle Teacher I started making My Mood Stars whilst child minding.  The Early Years Foundation Framework had just come into force and one of the areas of learning was Personal, Social and Emotional Development. My Mood Stars, made of felt with expressions sewn onto them, covered