Gather the learners in a circle and pass around a natural container filled with wooden cookies, each marked with the name of a UK mammal, such as red fox, roe deer, badger, stoat, hedgehog, rabbit, gr
Stand at the edge of a woodland and look up, identifying the different layers of vegetation from the ground upward, the woodland floor, the field layer of low plants, the shrub layer of bushes and you
Identify the tree species and look up its typical growth factor, the average increase in trunk diameter per year, which for common trees such as oak, ash, sycamore and beech is around one and a half t
Observe a bird in flight and ask yourself a series of questions.
Choose a natural feature, such as a tree, a view or a stretch of landscape, and look at it from a bird's eye perspective first, imagining or finding a raised vantage point to look down on it.
Learn that in the Fibonacci sequence, each number is the sum of the two numbers before it, such as one, one, two, three, five, eight and thirteen.
Visit your sit spot and draw a simple graph, with time along the bottom axis and loudness up the side, so a higher point means a louder sound.
Collect samples of different tree parts, such as leaves, bark, twigs, blossom or catkins, from a variety of trees in the activity area, placing each part into its own opaque bag so it cannot be seen.
Choose a familiar spot in your home, such as your bedroom, hallway or kitchen, to act as your den.
Bring yourself into the present moment.