Its about the time of year Dragons begin to wake up after hibernating over winter. This means it’s the perfect time to go on a Dragon hunt and see if you can find evidence of these elusive creatures! Remember to take your copy of Make This Book out with you as it wouldn’t want to miss out on all the fun! Collect some natural materials and have a go at dressing your dragon in the book. Follow this link to buy your if you haven’t got one already. It’s full of loads of fun outdoor activities to keep you busy this half term, weekends or many school holidays over the coming year! https://bit.ly/3GWY1oA
Half term is here and the Wild world is full of optimism, why not grab a copy of our newest book – Make This Book Wild and take it out for some WILD adventures?
At the start of lockdown we started posting a simple outdoor activity everyday that could be done from the safety of your garden or on your daily exercise walk. We never imagined that we would still be going 70 days later!
We have decided to carry on for another 30 days, so we will have posted a total of 100 days of fun, easy activities to keep children and adults from going crazy penned up inside!
To follow us or have a body of ideas you can continue to dip into after lockdown for continued wild fun, follow us using the hashtag 100daysgoingwild on instagramGoingwild1FacebookGoingwild and twittergoingwildnet.
Ok we might have gone a little crazy during lockdown but we did have some wild fun!
With all of us cooped up indoors, we at Going Wild will be posting a fun activity idea, or something to look out for everyday. We want to help families and children to become wild explorers from home! We will publish them on our social media platforms so please follow us on ….
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Today’s activity Make a mini pond using an old washing up bowl or plastic container. Watch it everyday and see how long it takes for wild things to arrive! Detailed instructions can be found in The Wild City Book or on our social media platforms. Don’t worry if you haven’t got your own garden, some of the activities we will be posting can be done indoors, on a balcony or looking through the window.
Start following us today and post up photos of your results to inspire others!
Over the last few weeks our normal lives have all been turned upside down and many of us find ourselves stuck at home. But this can be an opportunity … there may be more time for family time, more time to play in the garden, more time to notice nature who is busy waking up from winter, and carrying on its business as if nothing has happened!
To try and help everyone cooped up at home we have decided to post something on our social media everyday to encourage us to become wild garden explorers! We will be posting our favourite things from all our books; wild games, creative activities to do in the garden, or things you can make to encourage wildlife to your balcony or window if you haven’t got your own outdoor space. Sometimes we may just post something special we have noticed which celebrates the magic and wonder of the natural world and hope you will do the same.
NATURE IS CALMING, NATURE IS WONDERFUL, NOTICE NATURE TODAY.
Here is your first challenge – can you see any eyes watching you? Look especially carefully at trees in your garden or out of the window. Can you see their eyes? Does your tree have a personality? What do you think they are thinking? What do you think they have seen standing there for years and years? Can you write a story about your tree and what it might have seen?
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Here are a few photos of the magical workshop we had at Richmond Literary festival. Lots of wild wands and spells were cast and wild wonderful creatures created!
We have just met the wonderful Willa! If you have a child that may be struggling with reading or writing they should meet her too!
Willa Douglas offers amazing courses in her magical garden, connecting children, language and nature, unlocking the creativity in every child. She empowers them to explore the English language in many forms and to experiment with different styles of writing, safe in a leafy wilderness in the heart of Oxfordshire. Have a look at her website www.wildforwords.co.uk
There are still a few places left on her Christmas holiday programme
CHRISTMAS OFFER
If you mention you heard about her courses from our website when booking a place you’ll be given a free copy of our latest book WILD THINGS to get your imagination flowing!
Come and join us on Saturday 13th April 2-3pm at Foyles bookshop, 107 Charingcross Road, London!
We will be signing copies of our new book Wild Things – Over 100 Magical Outdoor adventures and having fun creating magical mythical creatures and making magic wands out of natural materials —perhaps even learning how to spot fairies and track dragons along the way. To reserve you place register on the following link https://www.foyles.co.uk/Public/Events/Detail.aspx?eventId=3896
A fantastical guidebook to help you track dragons, create fairy fashions, brew magic potions, build snow unicorns, discover trolls and go on night hunts to capture moon magic….
