{"id":4374,"date":"2020-06-02T10:58:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T10:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/?page_id=4374"},"modified":"2020-12-30T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T13:23:26","slug":"the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-technologies-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-technologies-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Technologies 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>Make a Bird Hide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you spend a little time outdoors and stay still and quiet birds sometimes forget that you are there and are happy to land close by.\u00a0 This gives you a chance to get close look at some of our bird neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018hide\u2019 is just a simple shelter that makes it easier for you to \u2018disappear\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/public\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/uploads\/sites\/11891\/2020\/06\/02085221\/WW-Garden-bird-hide.pdf\">WW Make a garden bird hide\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>shows you some ideas for how to build your own.\u00a0 Use what you have available to you and think about what the bird hide is for (it should be hidden, possibly waterproof, is should be possible to get in and out of it quietly\u2026)<\/p>\n<p>Set out some bird food in front of your hide.\u00a0 Challenge &#8211; How long can you sit still and quiet?!<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Make Simple Outdoor Musical Instruments<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Using as many materials as you can from the recycling bin, make your own musical instrument<strong>s. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Milk cartons filled with stones (and the lid secured) make shakers, upturned tubs and pots make drums, plastic bottles filled with water and hit with a metal or wooden spoon&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This film shows\u00a0 Peter from EAC LOST playing an instrument made from an unwanted wardrobe hanging rail<strong>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tubular bells\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/voRoB9DhAbY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Are there other no longer wanted items that could be used to make outdoor instruments?<\/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 Make a Bird Hide If you spend a little time outdoors and stay still and quiet birds sometimes forget that you are there &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/the-woo-in-the-wild-woods-technologies-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Woo in the Wild Woods &#8211; Technologies 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-4374","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\/4374","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=4374"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6313,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4374\/revisions\/6313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/learningoutdoorssupportteam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}