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Wild Sparks

Nature games for every age

How do I start the spark in a whole group?

Nature games for every age, ready-made party and session plans, and how to play in the flow of a group across all 15 Practice Keys.

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🃏 Includes a printable card set: every Wilding activity guide as an A6 card (four to an A4 sheet) to spread out, plan with or use for a lucky dip. See a sample

  • The ebook
  • 150 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the Wilding activity guides need
  • A printable card set: every guide as an A6 card
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Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each Wilding activity guide has safety notes, but you are responsible for yourself and anyone in your care. Supervise children, get permission, never eat anything you cannot identify with certainty, and only light fires where it is allowed and safe.

The Wilding activity guides in this collection

Create culture

Creative connections

Skits & plays inspired by natureCreate culture

Wild games and nature play

Conker ruttingCreate cultureNoughts & crossesCreate cultureSkimming stonesCreate cultureNature tricks & magicCreate culture

Traditional games

ConkersCreate cultureWild musicCreate culture+ printableWild childCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

The five voices of birds

+ printableBird language skitsUncover nature's language+ printableTrouble in the treetopsUncover nature's language

Bird alarms

FlockUncover nature's languageFeed me!Uncover nature's language

Disturbance & concentric rings

Concentric ringsUncover nature's languageBlindfold drum stalkUncover nature's languagePloughing the hedgeUncover nature's language

Live wilder

Fire

+ printableThe right fire for the jobLive wilder

Poisonous species

+ printableFungi pizzaLive wilder

Ethnobotany & crafts

Berry huntLive wilder

Track & ask questions

Reading wildlife footprints

Fingertip trackingTrack & ask questionsTracking ghostsTrack & ask questions

Reading other wildlife signs

Ancestor huntTrack & ask questions

Interpreting tracks and movement

Following footstepsTrack & ask questions

Trailing

Log trailingTrack & ask questionsFlour trailingTrack & ask questions+ printableFootprint flour trailingTrack & ask questions

Treasure hunts

Signs of life treasure huntTrack & ask questions

Imitate nature

Animal forms and movement

+ printableAnimal imitationImitate nature+ printableAnimal matchImitate natureAnimal partsImitate nature+ printableAnimal racesImitate natureDragonflyImitate nature+ printableCharadesImitate nature

Camouflage and blending with the baseline

The 9 S’s of natural camouflageImitate natureWho’s watching whom?Imitate natureBlendImitate natureRaid the roostImitate nature+ printableCreature cover-upImitate nature

Speed

Deer stalkImitate natureLynx stalks deerImitate natureDeer sneakersImitate natureTiptoe to treasureImitate natureThe hush rushImitate nature

Sound

Rain music statuesImitate natureStoat & voleImitate nature

Animal behaviour games

Predator’s pathImitate naturePredator & preyImitate natureWolves & deerImitate natureNight predatorImitate natureGoshawk & squirrelImitate natureCacheImitate natureNest robbersImitate natureFire in ‘the Wild’Imitate natureRun rabbit, runImitate naturePhoto dashImitate naturePronkingImitate natureCapture the flagImitate natureBeakImitate naturePheromone trailImitate nature

Awaken your mind's eye

Visual memory and observation

Meet a treeAwaken your mind's eyePhotographic memoryAwaken your mind's eyeWild memory challengeAwaken your mind's eye

Imagination and possibilities

+ printableMystery animal storyAwaken your mind's eye

Enjoy your sit spot

Fawns and foxesEnjoy your sit spotHide & seekEnjoy your sit spotBirds nests & foxesEnjoy your sit spot

Support nature

Growing plants for wildlife

Welly magicSupport nature

Dive into field guides

Learning from guides and local knowledge

+ printableField guide treasure huntDive into field guides

Invertebrates

Beetle tagDive into field guidesThe hungry centipedeDive into field guides

Exploring mammals

+ printableNature namesDive into field guides+ printableWho am I?Dive into field guides+ printableName that neighbourDive into field guidesThe animal activityDive into field guidesAnimal tagDive into field guides+ printableAnimal clue relayDive into field guidesNutty navigatorsDive into field guides

Exploring herbaceous plants

Leaf jigsawDive into field guides

Reading habitats and ecological connections

Jay the JayDive into field guides+ printableFood chainDive into field guides+ printableFact or flap?Dive into field guides+ printablesWebbingDive into field guidesApexDive into field guidesBroken leafDive into field guidesWhere is ‘away’?Dive into field guides

Exploring trees and woody plants

Tree tagDive into field guidesIdentification activityDive into field guides+ printableTree bingoDive into field guides

Open your senses

Wide angled vision

Follow the leaderOpen your sensesBuzzard eyeOpen your sensesMobbingOpen your senses

Visual searching

Awareness hideOpen your sensesMovie cameraOpen your sensesPerspectiveOpen your sensesUnder nature’s blanketOpen your sensesNature’s art galleryOpen your sensesCameraOpen your sensesMirror walksOpen your sensesMicro-journeyOpen your senses

Noticing shape & pattern

+ printableShape matchingOpen your sensesWild skeletonsOpen your senses

Magnification

I spyOpen your sensesSmall world safariOpen your sensesNature’s showOpen your senses

Using light

Slide showOpen your senses

Low light vision

Campfire stalkOpen your sensesLight keeperOpen your senses

Focused listening

Drum stalkOpen your sensesSeekerOpen your sensesOwls & miceOpen your sensesOwls & volesOpen your sensesEcho chaseOpen your sensesEcholocationOpen your sensesRabbit in headlightsOpen your senses

Using touch

Blindfold recognition of leavesOpen your sensesMy stickOpen your sensesBlindfold plaster castsOpen your sensesSensory tree IDOpen your sensesBlindfold earth walkOpen your sensesCaterpillar walkOpen your sensesSnail trailOpen your sensesBlindfold trailOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of smell

Scent slide showOpen your sensesA noseful of natureOpen your sensesScentsational discoveriesOpen your sensesHand washingOpen your senses+ printableSmell scavenger huntOpen your senses

Scent tracking

Badger trailOpen your sensesWild cat territoriesOpen your sensesMoth trailOpen your sensesSniff and seekOpen your sensesFollow your noseOpen your senses

Exploring intuition and checking impressions

Who’s watching us?Open your sensesIntuitionOpen your sensesXray visionOpen your sensesIntuition gameOpen your sensesSilent predatorOpen your sensesSpot the hairOpen your sensesToxic or tastyOpen your sensesGut instinctOpen your senses

Expanding awareness

1, 2, 3 where are you?Open your senses

Map & navigate naturally

Mapping your place

Mapping activityMap & navigate naturally+ printableScavenger huntMap & navigate naturallyDirection mappingMap & navigate naturallyTreasure huntMap & navigate naturallyX marks my spotMap & navigate naturallyExploration groupMap & navigate naturally

Finding your way back

Trail blazingMap & navigate naturallyWalking in circlesMap & navigate naturallyLostMap & navigate naturallyFoundMap & navigate naturally

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