{"id":4370,"date":"2020-06-02T11:01:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T11:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=4370"},"modified":"2020-12-30T13:22:34","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:22:34","slug":"the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-social-studies-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-social-studies-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Social Studies Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0<em>The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0<\/em>by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-an-introduction\/\">You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Help the Creatures We Share our Outdoor Spaces With<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do we know which creatures use our outdoor spaces and how we might help them?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/get-involved\/activities\/give-nature-a-home-in-your-garden\/\">RSPB Give Nature a Home<\/a> and<\/p>\n<p>RSPB\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rspb.org.uk\/fun-and-learning\/for-families\/family-wild-challenge\/\">RSPB Families Wild Challenge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>tell you more and will show you simple activities you can do to make gardens and other outdoor spaces \u00a0more wildlife friendly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make a Map of Jamie\u2019s Journey Through the Woods <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choose approximately 4 or 5 important locations from the story (these should include the start and finish points for the Jamie\u2019s journey).\u00a0 Children make a map showing these locations (where Jamie met the rabbit, for example) on the ground (using chalk, natural and found materials) or using pens and pencils on a large sheet of paper.\u00a0 Think about what directions and turns Jamie took at each location.\u00a0 \u2018Do you think Jamie went left, right, forward or back from here?<\/p>\n<p>This kind of mapping is called cognitive mapping and is a good way to think carefully about the details of the story (both text and pictures) Making the might help us notice details we might have missed from just a single reading of the story.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Make a Trail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make a trail for someone to follow.\u00a0 In an outdoor space use chalk, or sticks\/stones laid out to form arrows to \u00a0mark out a route through your space. Include lots of plenty turns and circles to make it tricky for anyone following your trail.\u00a0\u00a0 Challenge members of your family to follow your trail. \u2018What makes a good trail?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>You can still try this if you can\u2019t get outdoors. Make a trail using arrows marked on paper or use toys (such as Lego bricks) laid out in an arrow shape.\u00a0 Ask someone in your family to follow your trail or ask them to make one for you to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Be helpful and kind!\u00a0 Make sure you that you tidy up afterwards.\u00a0 We don\u2019t want anyone to slip on or trip over your trail and we don&#8217;t want to leave things out for someone else to clear away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These activities were inspired by the book\u00a0The Woo in the Wild Woods\u00a0by Ayrshire author Greta Yorke.\u00a0 Listen\u00a0 to and watch Greta reading her book\u00a0You Tube &#8211; The Woo in the Wild Woods Help the Creatures We Share our Outdoor Spaces With Do we know which creatures use our outdoor spaces and how we might help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-social-studies-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Social Studies Activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20798,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20798"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6312,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4370\/revisions\/6312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}