How to explore the woods and forests with children in a safe way and provide them with fun and educational experience. Links to your National Curricula and tips on home schooling for parents and teachers.

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2. Woods are places full of hidden treasures, shimmering springs, smells of
pine trees and firs – a multisensory feast for your children!
Science
Biology
Geography
Ecology
Technology
Cultural exchange
Multisensory Experience
Physical Development
Health & Safety
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3. Science
Examples:
• woods and forests
as habitats
• woodland structure:
plant layers
• mushrooms and
their nutritious &
culinary values
(humans vs. animals)
• woods and naturally
occurring oxygen
production
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4. Physical Development
Examples:
• gross and fine motor
skills:
- exploring dens,
burrows, caves, pathways
- climbing
- stepping stones
- picking sticks, pebbles,
twigs, pine cones
- jumping on/off/over
- hopping
- balancing
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5. Multisensory Experience
Examples:
• touching, tasting (if
safe), smelling, feeling
temperature, sizes,
shapes, weight,
textures, colours,
patterns:
- nuts, berries,
mushrooms
- pebbles, twigs, sticks,
feathers, cones, pine
needles, wood, tree sap
- springs, mud, water,
moss
- animals, insects
- light, darkness, shadow
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6. Ecology
Examples:
• woods as a habitat and
how to protect it
• deforestation and its
consequences
• acid rains and pollution
• appropriate behaviour
when in the woods
• endemic and
endangered species
• dams and their
influence on the
environment
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7. Technology
Examples:
• dams, water pumps
and power stations
• sawmills and timber
production
• timber as a building
material
• use of tree sap
• essential oils
production
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8. Health & Safety
Examples:
• provide sufficient
supervision to reduce risk
related to:
- water, lakes, springs, dams,
pools
- falling rocks, slippery
slopes and rocks, mossy
rocks
- wild animals, insects,
spiders, ticks and their
habitats
- poisonous fruit, berries,
nuts, mushrooms
- slips, trips, falls, holes,
caves
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9. More educational tips
and links to your
National Curricula in
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