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Wilder Together

Bring people together. Create shared culture. Grow wilder together.

How do we grow a culture that keeps going?

Build a shared culture around the hearth, bring the skills to your group, and hold a group safely from first meeting to passing it on.

Create shared traditions, a home hearth, tool and fire culture and seasonal celebrations that help a group belong to a place.

  • The ebook
  • 217 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

Ways of being together

Honouring routineCreate cultureThank-you tangleCreate culture

Exploring nature connectedness

Then versus nowCreate culture

Making time to know nature & live wilder

Grab bagCreate culture

Collecting natural curiosities

Making fungal spore printsCreate cultureMaking a footprint plaster castCreate cultureCleaning & preserving animal partsCreate cultureCleaning & preserving skulls & bonesCreate cultureCollecting plant specimensCreate cultureMaking & using a flower pressCreate cultureDrying flowersCreate cultureLeaf printingCreate cultureHow to make a leaf skeletonCreate cultureMaking a bark rubbingCreate cultureMaking a bark castCreate culturePreserving feathersCreate cultureNest collectingCreate culture

Creating a nature library

‘The Wild’ library / wwwCreate cultureNature collectionCreate cultureLeaf collectionCreate cultureBook of seedsCreate cultureBook of feathersCreate culture

Creating shared spaces

MandalaCreate cultureRemembering spaceCreate culture

Shared practices and traditions

Journey stonesCreate cultureWishing stonesCreate cultureSmoke cleansingCreate cultureRites of passageCreate culture

Connecting with people

Find your communityCreate culture

Art with natural materials

Tree spiritCreate cultureMaking clay printsCreate cultureMaking a stick frameCreate cultureMaking an elder pencilCreate cultureMaking a paintbrushCreate cultureMaking natural inkCreate cultureMaking a feather quill penCreate culture

Natural sounds & instruments

Nature sounds & whistlesCreate culture

Wild games and nature play

Skimming stonesCreate cultureThe ‘Wilding’ cardsCreate culture

Celebrating nature

Celebrating natureCreate culture

Uncover nature's language

The five voices of birds

ContactUncover nature's languageThe wrong answerUncover nature's language

Bird alarms

Alarm matchingUncover nature's languageFreezeUncover nature's languageSentinelUncover nature's languageThe invisible predatorUncover nature's languageFinding owlsUncover nature's languageHand feeding a robinUncover nature's languageAttracting birdsUncover nature's languageAttracting predatorsUncover nature's languageSilent movieUncover nature's languageSit spot silenceUncover nature's languageHunting hawkUncover nature's languageFocused visionUncover nature's language

Disturbance & concentric rings

Learning dog languageUncover nature's language

Live wilder

Knots, hitches & bends

Tying a common whipping knotLive wilder

Lashings

Tying a square lashingLive wilder

Wood fuelled stoves

Using a rocket stoveLive wilder

Wooden tools

Making & using a palm drillLive wilderMaking a ferrocerium rod & strikerLive wilder

Useful campcraft items

Making a rush lightLive wilderMaking a crook knife caseLive wilder

Cooking & eating utensils

Making a whiskLive wilder

Track & ask questions

Reading human tracks and signs

CSI humanTrack & ask questions

Imitate nature

Animal forms and movement

Animal formsImitate natureThe fox spotImitate nature

Camouflage and blending with the baseline

Conservation missionImitate nature

Shape

Making a scrim netImitate nature

Silhouette

Campfire scoutImitate nature

Speed

Deer stalkImitate nature

Sound

SssshImitate nature

Spirit

What’s on your mind?Imitate natureDeer walkingImitate natureAmbushImitate nature

Animal behaviour games

Fight or flightImitate natureSilent hunterImitate nature

Value nature

Living with gratitude

Gratitude activityValue nature“Thank you”Value natureGratitude scavenger huntValue natureKinship?Value natureIntentionValue natureThe heart of natureValue nature

Living with love and reverence

Once upon a stoneValue natureTender touchValue natureScentimentalValue natureReverence?Value nature

Emotional preparation

Silver liningsValue nature

Awaken your mind's eye

Visual memory and observation

Awaken your mind’s eyeAwaken your mind's eyeMind’s eye imaginationAwaken your mind's eyeMind’s eye sketchingAwaken your mind's eyeUniqueAwaken your mind's eyeLeaf identity paradeAwaken your mind's eyeGuided imageryAwaken your mind's eye

Imagination and possibilities

Tree imageryAwaken your mind's eyeImagineAwaken your mind's eyeMap your homeAwaken your mind's eyeTime machineAwaken your mind's eyeFlying kitesAwaken your mind's eye

Tell your story

Getting started with nature journalling

Same but differentTell your storyBack garden sharedTell your storyInterviewTell your storyStories with stonesTell your story

Enjoy your sit spot

Still huntingEnjoy your sit spotSit spot trailEnjoy your sit spotGroup sit spotEnjoy your sit spotHideEnjoy your sit spotBadger watchingEnjoy your sit spot

Wander

“I lost my stone!”WanderMedicine wanderWanderWonder wanderWander

Imaginatively journal

Types of nature journal

Tree journalImaginatively journalJournaling from the ground upImaginatively journalEthogramImaginatively journalPhenologyImaginatively journalExploring special placesImaginatively journal

Support nature

Everyday care

Truly helpfulSupport natureLitter huntSupport nature

Dive into field guides

Learning from guides and local knowledge

EldersDive into field guidesLoreDive into field guidesWords from the woodsDive into field guidesKnow your neighboursDive into field guidesAll about meDive into field guides

Nature exploration equipment

How to set up & use a pocket microscopeDive into field guidesHow to use a hand lensDive into field guidesHow to set up & use close up binocularsDive into field guidesHow to set up & use binocularsDive into field guidesHow to use a field scopeDive into field guidesSetting up a trail cameraDive into field guidesUsing a bat detectorDive into field guidesPhotographing wildlifeDive into field guidesUsing night vision aidsDive into field guides

Invertebrates

Hunting in hidden habitatsDive into field guidesHow to make & use a pitfall trapDive into field guidesHow to make an earwig trapDive into field guidesHow to make a pooterDive into field guidesHow to use a pooterDive into field guidesUsing a sweep netDive into field guidesSpiders web huntDive into field guidesUsing a soft brush & spoonDive into field guidesHow to identify an invertebrateDive into field guidesExploring gallsDive into field guidesStalking a butterflyDive into field guidesHow to identify a butterflyDive into field guidesFlight pattern & pathsDive into field guidesHow to make & use a moth trapDive into field guidesHow to attract moths by sugaringDive into field guidesHow to identify a mothDive into field guidesAttractionDive into field guidesMaking a beating trayDive into field guidesExploring the understoryDive into field guides

Reptiles and freshwater wildlife

Reptile huntingDive into field guidesPond dippingDive into field guides

Exploring herbaceous plants

Plant pattern huntDive into field guides

Reading habitats and ecological connections

Lichen huntDive into field guidesMoss huntDive into field guidesWhat’s in wild water?Dive into field guidesSoil profileDive into field guidesPlant connectionsDive into field guidesPlant succession crawlDive into field guidesHow to do a line transectDive into field guidesWoodland layersDive into field guidesHabitatDive into field guidesHow to make a jar terrariumDive into field guidesYour community sharedDive into field guides

Exploring trees and woody plants

Bark matchingDive into field guidesTree facesDive into field guidesTree silhouettesDive into field guidesLog matchDive into field guidesHeartbeat of a treeDive into field guidesHow old is this tree?Dive into field guidesMeasuring a treeDive into field guidesDispersalDive into field guides

Exploring birds

The familiar 5Dive into field guidesFlight patternsDive into field guidesSeasonal bird feederDive into field guidesNestDive into field guidesNest buildingDive into field guides

Motivating species & elements

SievesDive into field guidesSpoon or straw?Dive into field guides

Open your senses

Wide angled vision

Following an insectOpen your senses

Visual searching

It’s all a matter of perspectiveOpen your sensesMouse viewOpen your sensesAnother worldOpen your sensesEagle eyeOpen your senses

Colour

Eye to eyeOpen your senses

Using light

LightingOpen your senses

Low light vision

Night worldOpen your sensesNight visionOpen your sensesDusk walkOpen your senses

Noticing changes

Spot the differenceOpen your sensesSigns of the seasonOpen your sensesAutumn’s rainbowOpen your senses

Focused listening

Pin dropOpen your sensesSpectrogramOpen your sensesSound shakersOpen your sensesTwo ears are better than oneOpen your sensesNight noisesOpen your senses

Peripheral listening

SoundscapeOpen your sensesSong of the seasonOpen your sensesWild symphonyOpen your senses

Using touch

Squirrel touchOpen your senses

Noticing texture

Natural texture scavenger huntOpen your sensesBark texture trailOpen your sensesTickle, prickle, guess!Open your senses

Awaken your sense of smell

Badger noseOpen your senses

Scent tracking

House smellsOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of taste

Adder tongueOpen your senses

Awaken your sense of body awareness

Dormouse balanceOpen your senses

Sensory meditation and mindfulness

One-minute spongeOpen your sensesNature meditationsOpen your sensesMindful walkingOpen your senses

More sensory exploration

Sensory scavenger huntOpen your sensesSame walk, different sensesOpen your sensesBaselineOpen your sensesBlindfold trainingOpen your senses

More sensory exploration activities

100 things to sense in natureOpen your senses

Venturing further

Preparing for your visit

Dream boardVenturing further

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