“When every moment is planned, kids have fewer opportunities to develop emotional control and internal motivation.” www.seattletimes.com/life/food-dr... | Jessica Haggard @seattletimes.com on unstructured play, including our online resource for parents www.outsideplay.org/tool-microsi...
The beauty of sitting behind a screen! Everyone knows best about everything!
Does this fox count? @chrisgpackham.bsky.social #foxoftheday
Great day in the woods with amazing
children, playing & leading the way!
#forestschool #childledplay
So true. So grateful to have experienced proper holistic care based on need! Heartbreaking to see how families are suffering now!
Yep exactly. Phone calls & often did pop in visits to reassure parents if they had worries. As a community midwife we would sometimes pop in regularly at feeds for breast feeding mums too which made a huge difference & impacted so positively on BF rates. We didn't really how great it was then!
Ability to refer & talk to specialists, eg speech, OT, handover to school nurses joint visits with GP if needed. Families had proper support. We did birth- grave HV too so knew the whole family. I see families in FS now & they have no support. Don't know their HV. I do loads of HV support
The demise of the health visiting service, surestarts or any help for families for under 5's has had a huge impact. As a HV 20 yrs ago I knew my families, had autonomy to visit as it was needed. Post natal support groups, weaning grps, sleep clinics, toileting support
We just started a bushcraft programme for pupils who are constantly disrupting classes! Mixed ages 11-15. They are building their own camp, using tools and their engagement is through the roof!
Being outdoors in nature, having space calms us all. I personally think going outside should be on the top of every behaviour policy! Give them space to regulate, to calm instead of trying to reason with a stressed child!
I rarely struggle with engagement, behaviour, or agency with those I work with, always high attendance, and always outdoors! None of it's rocket science, we all feel better for spending time outside. But nothing ever changes, we still keep them confined to 4 walls!
Nice club!
It looks pretty good! I hope he is happy with the workmanship!
So happy for you! It's funny the turns life takes. I was a midwife and now I'm spending my time playing in the mud!
Ash tree fell on the fell two years ago and will remain in situ till taken by the elements… ash to ash dust to dust.
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Pretty proud of what we are doing with schools and their communities!
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So glad you are my MP! Thank you @cateccles.bsky.social
Did you have opportunities as a child to sit in nature? Do you think it would have helped you then?
Yep, completely get it! We have just managed to get all our ours under 1 roof for 4 days by the sea! First time in 5 years! I wish I appreciated it more when they were little!
Love it. There's a great podcast called Strangers on a Bench; a chat with folk on a bench in the park. It's a lovely bit of escapism and the sound of the park in the background is just lovely.
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Shocking but perhaps unsurprising finding by @findingnature.bsky.social that human connection to nature has declined precipitously. This is bad for our health and for the preservation of nature. The solution? Regreen, and take your kids outside. 🧪
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Nature and exercise is very powerful!
Congratulations! Enjoy the rest and let the glitter sparkle throughout the house!
For the children of Pedmore CE Primary! @vwhtd.bsky.social
Yes she did! She went to Aus on her own for 8 months. She did book on an organised tour for 6 weeks when she got there which helped as she made friends and together they then traveled more and has since been to Nepal. I'd recommend using a reputable company. Plan my gap year I think is good!
So everyone talks about it!
8 years ago Fruits of The Forest was born after leaving 28 yrs in NHS. I had 1 clear aim to help children & families grow in health & happiness. To this day it remains at the core of all I do. It's been a slog & never did I imagine that 8 years on, I would still be here! What a great job I have!
