Hear songs from the autumn chapter of The Children’s Forest by Dawn Casey, Anna Richardson and Helen d’Ascoli. The songs are: Apple Star Bramble Elder have you got a cure Here’s to thee old Apple…
Autumn songs by Children’s Forest
Tag: autumn
Autumn Lanterns
When the nights are drawing in and the sun loses its strength, it is time to make our own little sun – a lantern.
Samhain, when autumn meets winter
Samhain, from the Gaelic word meaning ‘summer’s end’, is halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. In Britain, the clocks go back and the evenings are dark. It is the turning point when…
Autumnal Equinox
Autumn is harvest time. The autumn equinox is a point of perfect balance in the year, when the length of the day is exactly equal to the length of the night. It is a turning…
Celebrating Samhain with The Children’s Forest
As the season’s turn and the clocks fall back we have witnessed more people gaining inspiration from The Children’s Forest. The charming stories and activities for the outdoors are divided into eight spells of the…
Celebrating Autumn
The Autumn Equinox brings a turning point in the year, when summer gives way to autumn and the nights begin to draw in. It is the season of harvest – fruits, nuts and berries fill…
Fungi in the Forest
We’ve been watching the mushrooms spring up everywhere this autumn! Fungi are vital to all life in the forest and beyond. They form a web of connection within the soil, linking trees and plants by…
October with Findus
Findus finds things to do outdoors all through the year, in all weathers and rain definitely doesn’t stop him! Enjoy October for all its autumnal glory with this extract from Findus, Food and Fun.
Review: Findus Goes Fishing
Findus goes Fishing by Sven Nordqvist, translated by Nathan Large, is a book for anyone who’s ever got out of bed the wrong side and felt like nothing at all could improve their day, and…
