Where the wild ones learn curriculum

Where the wild ones learn curriculum Nature school - 0-5, home Ed, family sessions, birthday parties. Accredited by the Therapeutic forest
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We also sell Nature Study ebooks which include nature crafts, fun facts, cool printables, games, puzzles, stories and poems.

🌍✨ World Book Day is nearly here… and for the first time ever, we have THREE Wild Ones books to celebrate! ✨🌍This Thursd...
01/03/2026

🌍✨ World Book Day is nearly here… and for the first time ever, we have THREE Wild Ones books to celebrate! ✨🌍

This Thursday feels extra special, it’s our very first World Book Day with children’s books of our own out in the world (and more on the way!).

🌟 Nora and the Whirly Brain — Available now

A gentle, empowering story for children whose minds whirl, fizz, and dance a little differently. Nora’s busy brain takes her on wild adventures… but it also makes school feel tricky sometimes. Through nature, movement, and connection, she discovers that her whirly brain isn’t something to fix, it’s something to understand and celebrate.
Perfect for neurodivergent children, educators, and families who want a story that feels seen, soft, and true.

https://payhip.com/b/tMiVe

🌟 Marnie & Arnie: The Polar Bear You Can’t See — Available for preorder

Marnie has an invisible friend: Arnie the polar bear. No one else can see him, but together they go on wild, imaginative adventures. Sometimes Marnie can be a bit rough with nature, pulling, picking, stomping, and Arnie gently shows her how to slow down, notice, and respect the living world around her.
A playful, heart warming story about friendship, imagination, and learning to care for nature through everyday adventures.

https://payhip.com/b/2uyaM

🌟 Where the Wild Ones Learn: Roots of Learning — Available for preorder

A rich, nature‑based guide for educators and families exploring the foundations of child development through a wild, relational lens. This book weaves together play, attachment, sensory learning, and the natural world, offering both inspiration and practical tools for anyone supporting children to grow with curiosity and confidence.

https://payhip.com/b/Arn6c

Celebrate World Book Day with stories that honour children’s inner worlds, emotions, and wildness.

Whether you’re building your setting’s library, choosing a meaningful gift, or adding to your own shelf, these books are written with heart, depth, and the magic of childhood at their core.

🌟We’re excited to share that whole‑setting accreditation is now available through Where the Wild Ones Learn.🌟This means ...
01/03/2026

🌟We’re excited to share that whole‑setting accreditation is now available through Where the Wild Ones Learn.🌟

This means your entire team can access our full library of nature‑based, relational, and practice‑deepening training—supporting consistency, confidence, and a shared pedagogical approach across your setting.

Whole‑setting accreditation includes full access for all staff to:

🌿 Outdoor Play Schema Accreditation

🌿 Voices in the Wild: Oracy Through Nature Play

🌿 Little Hands, Big Impact: Embedding Sustainability in Education

🌿 Where the Wild Ones Learn Nature Practitioner Level 2 (coming later this year)

🌿 Where the Wild Ones Learn Nature Practitioner Level 3 (coming next year)

🌿 Large Loose Parts Play: Risk, Wonder & Regulation (coming next year)

🌿 Roots to Rise: Reflective Practice, Bias Awareness & Self‑Care for Educators (coming next year)

This is offered as a yearly contract, with pricing based on the number of settings and staff.

If your team is ready to grow together, deepen practice, and embed a shared wild pedagogy across your whole setting, send us a message to chat about options.

27/02/2026

🌿 Outdoor Play Schema Accreditation, Last Chance to Join!

With the end of February tomorrow, there is now just ONE month left to sign up for our Outdoor Play Schema Accreditation before the programme begins on 1st April.

Places are limited, and once doors close you won’t be able to join again until next April, a full year away.

This accreditation is designed for educators, childminders, Forest School leaders and early years practitioners who want to:

🌱Deepen their understanding of play schemas outdoors

🌱Confidently identify and support schema‑driven learning

🌱Transform their outdoor provision with intentional, child‑led practice

🌱Strengthen observations, planning and environment design

🌱Gain a recognised accreditation rooted in nature‑based pedagogy

You’ll receive:

🌟 6 online module

🌟 Practical videos

🌟 Real‑world examples

🌟 Outdoor invitations to play

🌟 Observation templates

🌟 Supportive community learning

🌟 CPD accredited certificate

The full programme is £150, with a flexible £30 per month payment plan over 5 months.

If you’ve been thinking about joining, now is the moment, secure your place today or you’ll be waiting until next spring to begin your accreditation journey. 🌱✨

https://jodie-s-site-e84d.thinkific.com/products/courses/unlock-childs-potential

🌿 Did you know…? We have a whole collection of digital Nature Studies that are perfect for this time of year! From our ...
26/02/2026

🌿 Did you know…?

We have a whole collection of digital Nature Studies that are perfect for this time of year! From our Spring Nature Study, Sunflower Study, Caterpillar & Butterfly Study, to our Bee Nature Study, each one is packed with:

🌱 Creative nature crafts

🌱 Seasonal recipes

🌱 Mindfulness moments

🌱 Fun facts

🌱 Original stories and poems

🌱 Hands‑on activities

And every study includes clear learning outcomes linked to the 7 Areas of Learning:

⭐️ Communication & Language

⭐️ Physical Development

⭐️ Personal, Social & Emotional Development

⭐️ Literacy

⭐️ Mathematics

⭐️ Understanding the World

⭐️ Expressive Arts & Design

Each Nature Study is just £6.99 and gives you a full month of beautiful, nature‑rich planning — ready to download and use instantly.

So what are you waiting for?

Let us take care of the planning so you can dive straight into learning through nature. 🌼🌞

https://payhip.com/WheretheWildOnesLearn

🌟Voices in the Wild: Oracy Through Nature Play🌟A magical journey into how children find their voice outdoors.This worksh...
26/02/2026

🌟Voices in the Wild: Oracy Through Nature Play🌟

A magical journey into how children find their voice outdoors.

This workshop explores the subtle, powerful ways children communicate through movement, play, story, and sensory experience, long before words become polished sentences.
You’ll learn how to:

✨ Notice the “voices” children use in nature
✨ Support storytelling without taking over
✨ Create spaces that invite talk
✨ Use natural materials to spark language
✨ Document talk without interrupting play

Perfect for practitioners who want to nurture confident communicators through child‑led, nature‑rich practice.

https://jodie-s-site-e84d.thinkific.com/products/courses/voices-in-the-wild-oracy-through-nature-play

🌿 ✨ NEW WORKSHOPS NOW AVAILABLE ✨You’ve been asking… and we’ve been quietly crafting something special.Two beautifully c...
25/02/2026

🌿 ✨ NEW WORKSHOPS NOW AVAILABLE ✨

You’ve been asking… and we’ve been quietly crafting something special.

Two beautifully curated pre‑recorded online workshops are now ready to buy, with full access opening in April.

Each one is packed with practical wisdom, gentle guidance, and downloadable handouts you can use straight away in your practice.

These aren’t just trainings.

They’re invitations into deeper, richer ways of seeing children.

🌱 Voices in the Wild: Oracy Through Nature Play

A magical journey into how children find their voice outdoors.

This workshop explores the subtle, powerful ways children communicate through movement, play, story, and sensory experience, long before words become polished sentences.

You’ll learn how to:
✨ Notice the “voices” children use in nature
✨ Support storytelling without taking over
✨ Create spaces that invite talk
✨ Use natural materials to spark language
✨ Document talk without interrupting play

Perfect for practitioners who want to nurture confident communicators through child‑led, nature‑rich practice.

https://jodie-s-site-e84d.thinkific.com/products/courses/voices-in-the-wild-oracy-through-nature-play

🌍 Little Hands, Big Impact: Embedding Sustainability in Early Education
A gentle, inspiring workshop that helps you weave sustainability into everyday practice — not as a topic, but as a way of being.

You’ll explore:
🌿 How to build eco‑literacy through play
🌿 Simple, meaningful sustainability habits for little learners
🌿 Nature‑connected routines that build empathy and care
🌿 Practical ideas for reducing waste and reusing materials
🌿 How to empower children as caretakers of their world

This workshop is perfect for settings wanting to nurture environmentally conscious, earth‑connected children.

https://jodie-s-site-e84d.thinkific.com/products/courses/new-course

🌱 Both workshops include:
🌱 Pre‑recorded video sessions you can watch anytime
🌱 Beautiful, practical handouts
🌱 Ideas you can use the very next day
🌱 A warm, reflective learning experience

If you’ve been waiting for training that feels grounded, magical, and deeply child‑centred, this is your moment.

✨ Workshops are available to purchase now.
✨ Full access opens in April.

Let’s grow wild, thoughtful, sustainable practice together.

🌿 Early Spring Sunshine at the Allotment Today 🌿We’ve been soaking up the early spring sun at the allotment, and what a ...
24/02/2026

🌿 Early Spring Sunshine at the Allotment Today 🌿

We’ve been soaking up the early spring sun at the allotment, and what a gorgeous day it’s been.

The children met our new cockerel, Yeti, and yes, he really is huge!

They collected the eggs, emptied the bedding and added it to the compost, chatting together about why compost matters and what we can (and can’t) put in it.

There was digging, mud‑pie making, exploring, climbing, and all the joyful, messy learning that comes so naturally outdoors.

When we got home, some of the children helped pot up the tomato seedlings they planted last month. They carefully moved them into bigger pots and placed them in our new mini greenhouse, learning about growth, care, patience, and how food begins long before it reaches our plates.

🌱 Why this learning matters🌱

Days like today support children to:

🌿Understand where food comes from
🌿Build respect for animals and living things
🌿Develop responsibility and independence
🌿Strengthen fine and gross motor skills
🌿Experience real‑world science through composting and growing
🌿Feel connected to the rhythms of the seasons
🌿Build confidence through meaningful, hands‑on tasks

This is early years education at its most powerful, slow, sensory, purposeful, and rooted in the real world

✨ NEW SERIES FOR EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONERS ✨Every child communicates through their behaviour, and sometimes, what they’r...
24/02/2026

✨ NEW SERIES FOR EARLY YEARS PRACTITIONERS ✨

Every child communicates through their behaviour,
and sometimes, what they’re really telling us gets lost underneath the noise of the moment.

So each week, we’re opening up a space for you to share the behaviours you’re finding tricky in your setting right now.
Whether it’s:

big emotions

throwing

pushing

biting

running away

“not listening”

tricky transitions

or anything else that’s leaving you wondering what’s underneath…

Tell us what you’re seeing.

We’ll choose one behaviour each week and create a video response that looks at:
🌱 the emotional need
🌱 the learning need
🌱 the developmental pattern (schemas)
🌱 what the child might be communicating
🌱 and how you can respond with connection, clarity and confidence

This isn’t about blame.
It’s about understanding.
It’s about seeing the child beneath the behaviour.
It’s about supporting YOU as practitioners, so you can support them.

Pop your behaviour challenge in the comments below.
Let’s learn together. 💚

24/02/2026

🌟“From Chaos to Clarity: Responding to Schemas Outdoors”🌟

Once you can see schemas, everything changes.

🌱 The child who keeps running away isn’t “testing boundaries”, they’re exploring trajectory.

🌱 The child who tips out every basket isn’t “being destructive”, they’re investigating transformation.

🌱 The child who carries stones across the field isn’t “ignoring instructions”, they’re deep in transporting.

When we understand the pattern, we can respond with clarity instead of frustration.
Here are three simple outdoor responses that shift everything:

🌱 If you see trajectory… Offer space, slopes, things that roll, things that fly, safe places to run.

🌱 If you see transporting… Provide buckets, bags, wheelbarrows, natural loose parts, purposeful destinations.

🌱 If you see enclosure… Create hideaways, tunnels, dens, boundaries made from branches or fabric.

When we respond to the need instead of the behaviour, children settle. They flourish. They feel understood.

Tomorrow, I’m sharing something special, something we’ve been building for educators who want to go deeper into this work.

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