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Nature Activities for Children
Series
Autumn Nature Activities for Children
Paperback
September 2005
9780863154959
More details
- Publisher
Floris Books - Published
22nd September 2005 - ISBN 9780863154959
- Pages 96 pp.
- Size 8.3" x 9"
$19.95
This book is packed full of fun nature activities that will help children engage with the season and learn practical new skills.
The authors have included a mix of indoor and outdoor activities for autumn, including picking and cooking fruit, basket-making, building houses and shelters, looking after birds, working with beeswax and making paper.
The activities in this book are based on practical experience from the Children's Nature and Garden Centre in Reichshof, and are fully tried and tested.
C O N T E N T S:
Foreword
SEPTEMBER
Harvesting fruit and vegetables
Where Do Fruit and Vegetables Come from?
Biodynamic Farms and the Environment
Natural Wholefoods in the Kindergarten
Eating Together: A Good Influence
Understanding How Things Are Connected: Training the Senses
Recipes for Freshly-Harvested Fruit
Drying Fruit for the Winter
OCTOBER
Basket-making
Plants Used for Basket-Making
Making a Willow Basket or a Hanging Basket for Flowers
Weaving Round or Oval Objects
House-building
Simple Houses and Huts
Building: Putting down Roots
Imaginative Structures: Large and Small
Building as an Archetypal Experience
Building a House Together: Developing Social Skills
House-Building in the Third Grade
A Dedication Ceremony
NOVEMBER
Caring for birds
Food for Birds
Working with beeswax
Modelling with Beeswax
Beeswax: A Precious Material
Dipping Candles
Making paper
History and Production of Paper
Making Paper with Children
Painting and handicrafts without toxic chemicals
Paste and Plaster
Glue
Finger-Painting
Sand Pictures
Nature Mobile
Pan Pipes
Castanets
Pinwheel
Brigitte Walden
Brigitte Walden (b. 1953) was as a Waldorf teacher for fifteen years. She is a caregiver at Haus Hohenfried in Bavaria, Germany, a center for people with special needs.
Irmgard Kutsch
Irmgard Kutsch (b. 1952) trained as a veterinarian before working with children with special needs. In 1994, she established the Children's Nature and Garden Center in Reichshof, Germany, where children and teachers can learn about nature and participate in workshops.
