{"id":23467,"date":"2023-02-07T16:48:23","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/?p=23467"},"modified":"2023-02-07T16:48:23","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:48:23","slug":"nature-walk-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/2023\/02\/07\/nature-walk-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature Walk Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week is Children\u2019s Mental Health Week, with the aim of making a difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK. It has been highlighted how beneficial nature can be for a child\u2019s well-being and for them to learn outside and connect to the environment around them.<br \/>\nAt Cart Mill the children have opportunities every day\u00a0to play and learn outside.\u00a0Today we decided to go for a walk to find out more about the natural world around our nursery!<br \/>\nWe challenged ourselves to collect some sticks for an activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/3DD20FDE-87C5-4877-AA11-7F5FDD70DFCD.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23468\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/3DD20FDE-87C5-4877-AA11-7F5FDD70DFCD-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow!! Look at how big this stick is!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201dit\u2019s a stick man!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the children noticed that some of the sticks they tried to collect could not be picked up! They cleverly spotted that it was because it was actually the roots from the trees nearby and we should leave them alone!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/9AE007BA-B49D-438F-A76B-EFEE58E66AE9.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23469\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/9AE007BA-B49D-438F-A76B-EFEE58E66AE9-297x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We carried on walking down to the bridge. We could hear birds chirping, an aeroplane in the sky and the river running. The children guessed the river was running fast today! \u00a0We played our favourite game, Pooh sticks! This involved collecting sticks, throwing them in the river and running to the other side to watch them!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/E4FFC611-A178-4428-BFE6-31A397690A70.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23471\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/E4FFC611-A178-4428-BFE6-31A397690A70-300x297.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We all threw our sticks in at the same time and they had a race!<br \/>\n\u201cI can see mine! It\u2019s winning!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walking back to nursery we came across some big piles of bark! The children absolutely loved running up and jumping off the bark! It was a nice soft landing!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/B5046201-B41B-455B-97D4-F3A9BAF13238.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23472\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/cartmill\/files\/2023\/02\/B5046201-B41B-455B-97D4-F3A9BAF13238-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201dLook how high I can jump!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We all enjoyed our nature walk and talked about all the things we could hear and see! We were definitely ready for lunch when we got back to nursery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week is Children\u2019s Mental Health Week, with the aim of making a difference to the lives of children and young people across the UK. It has been highlighted how beneficial nature can be for a child\u2019s well-being and for them to learn outside and connect to the environment around them. 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