Benefits of Children and Nature – Let Nature be your Teacher
The Outdoor Doctor talks about the benefits of getting children outdoors in nature …
Highbury School Eco Warriors
The staff and children of Highbury are dedicated to achieving their Eco School Green Flag status and as part of this they are creating a garden within their school …
TOG’s 100 Free Things to do Outside with Children
Here are The Outdoor Guide’s top 100 things to do outdoors with children …
Explore the Woods, by Holly Brega
Explore the Woods is a project Holly created in University where she created a short length documentary film about the importance of direct …
Hoglets!
I have always been interested in British wildlife since watching hedgehogs, squirrels and foxes in my childhood back garden during the 1980s. This interest has …
Family Walks By Rebecca Lees
It’s not a walk, it’s an adventure! Fed up of cheerfully announcing to the kids that you’re ‘going for a walk’, only to be met with glum faces and – if you have a …
Why Families Need to Get Outside.
Phrases such as ‘getting back to nature’ and ‘exploring nature’ underline how disconnected we have become as a society from our surroundings. Nature is …
Why it’s more important than ever to get kids outdoors
With smartphones, tablets, endless TV and the coolest gadgets in the world at their fingertips, it’s easy for kids to forget the outside world exists …
The kids are alright…and loving the countryside
Young folk often get a bad press these days but volunteering on the Duke of Edinburgh scheme has shown me that it’s just not true …