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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.

Play your way through the 15 Practice Keys with games, invitations and stories, and learn to read and lift a group's energy.

  • The ebook
  • 165 Wilding activity guides as printable PDFs
  • Templates and charts the activity guides need
Coming soon. Jay is giving this book and its activity guides a final proofread before they go on sale as downloads. Ask to be told when they're ready.

Safety first. Outdoor activities carry real risks. Each 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.

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The activity guides in this collection

Create culture

Creative connections

Skits & plays inspired by natureCreate culture

Wild games and nature play

Conker ruttingCreate cultureNoughts & crossesCreate cultureNature tricks & magicCreate cultureWild childCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

The five voices of birds

Bird language skitsUncover nature's languageTrouble in the treetopsUncover nature's language

Bird alarms

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

Disturbance & concentric rings

Blindfold drum stalkUncover nature's languagePloughing the hedgeUncover nature's language

Live wilder

Poisonous species

Fungi pizzaLive wilder

Ethnobotany & crafts

Berry huntLive wilder

Track & ask questions

Reading other wildlife signs

Ancestor huntTrack & ask questions

Trailing

Log trailingTrack & ask questionsFlour trailingTrack & ask questionsFootprint flour trailingTrack & ask questions

Imitate nature

Animal forms and movement

Animal imitationImitate natureAnimal matchImitate natureAnimal partsImitate natureAnimal racesImitate natureDragonflyImitate natureCharadesImitate nature

Camouflage and blending with the baseline

Who’s watching whom?Imitate natureBlendImitate natureRaid the roostImitate natureCreature 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 naturePack attackImitate 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

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

Imagination and possibilities

Mystery animal storyAwaken your mind's eye

Enjoy your sit spot

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

Support nature

Everyday care

Litter yogaSupport nature

Dive into field guides

Learning from guides and local knowledge

Field guide treasure huntDive into field guides

Fungi

Fungi scavenger huntDive into field guides

Invertebrates

Beetle tagDive into field guidesRecycling the wildDive into field guidesThe hungry centipedeDive into field guides

Exploring mammals

Bat walkDive into field guidesNature namesDive into field guidesWho am I?Dive into field guidesName that neighbourDive into field guidesThe animal activityDive into field guidesAnimal tagDive into field guidesAnimal 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 guidesFood chainDive into field guidesFact or flap?Dive into field guidesWebbingDive into field guidesApexDive into field guidesBroken leafDive into field guidesWhere is ‘away’?Dive into field guidesHow to measure rainfallDive into field guides

Exploring trees and woody plants

Introduce a treeDive into field guidesFind this treeDive into field guidesTree tagDive into field guidesIdentification activityDive into field guidesTree bingoDive into field guidesWind dancersDive into field guides

Open your senses

Wide angled vision

Follow the leaderOpen your sensesBuzzard eyeOpen your sensesMobbingOpen your senses

Visual searching

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

Colour

Natural coloursOpen your sensesShades of greenOpen your senses

Noticing shape & pattern

Shape 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 sensesThe echo detectiveOpen 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 sensesPocket friendsOpen 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 sensesI can smell… scent sacksOpen your sensesA noseful of natureOpen your sensesScentsational discoveriesOpen your sensesHand washingOpen your sensesSmell scavenger huntOpen your senses

Scent tracking

Badger trailOpen your sensesScent 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

Sensory meditation and mindfulness

5, 4, 3, 2, 1Open your senses

Expanding awareness

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

Awakening your sense of vision

SpiralsOpen your senses

Map & navigate naturally

Mapping your place

Map your worldMap & navigate naturallyMapping activityMap & navigate naturallyScavenger huntMap & navigate naturallyDirection mappingMap & navigate naturallyAerial mapMap & navigate naturallyTreasure huntMap & navigate naturallyJourney stickMap & navigate naturallyHabitat mapMap & navigate naturallyX marks my spotMap & navigate naturallyExploration groupMap & navigate naturallyCompass creationsMap & navigate naturallyBird’s eye view mappingMap & navigate naturallyPlace names we make upMap & navigate naturally

Finding your way back

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

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