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Home / Posts tagged “seasonal activities”

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Lughnasa – Harvest Time

Starting on 1st August, Lughnasa is the late summer festival celebrating harvest.

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Posted on 6 August, 202115 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: outdoor education, seasonal activities, seasonal celebrations, seasonal crafts, summer, The Children's Forest

It’s nesting season and we’re looking out for blackbirds!

Watching birds gathering nesting materials, we’re inspired to look more closely at the blackbird in particular

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Posted on 15 April, 202121 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: outdoor education, seasonal activities, The Children's Forest

On World Book Day 2021 Findus Gets Ready for Spring

Findus watering this plants

This year, World Book Day comes at the beginning of a spring we have been looking forward to throughout the winter lockdown. To help us celebrate, we turned to the central character of our most…

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Posted on 4 March, 202110 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Children's books, Findus and Pettson, Findus Food and Fun, seasonal activities

Present and Activity Ideas for a Quiet Christmas

stack of Hawthorn Press books

For many of us, Christmas will be quieter than usual this year, with fewer friends and family members around us. But there is still plenty we can do to embrace this atmospheric time of year…

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Posted on 18 December, 202010 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Christmas, craft, Findus at Christmas, seasonal activities, seasonal celebrations, seasonal crafts, storytelling

’tis the season to be crafting

needle felted robins

As we spend more time at home again, make the most of chilly days and early evenings by taking up a new craft project. Hikaru Noguchi-darned jumper Darn it! As discussed in a recent article…

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Posted on 4 November, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: craft, Darning, outdoor education, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts

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…

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Posted on 28 October, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, outdoor education, seasonal activities

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…

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Posted on 24 September, 202019 May, 2025 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, crafts for children, home education, homeschooling, outdoor education, seasonal activities, seasonal celebrations, seasonal crafts

Fun Things To Do in July With Findus

The summer holidays are here! Whether you prefer to relax inside with some home cooking, or spend time outside making things, Findus has a couple of fun activities to try this month …

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Posted on 16 July, 202015 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: Findus and Pettson, Findus Food and Fun, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts, summer

Reforesting Scotland Journal reviews Creative Place-Based Environmental Education and The Children’s Forest

norwegian hillside

These reviews appeared in the Spring/Summer 2020 issue (Issue 61) of the Reforesting Scotland Journal

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Posted on 9 July, 202023 March, 2026 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Book Reviews
Tags: child education, craft, environmental education, seasonal activities, seasonal crafts, The Children's Forest

October with Findus

Findus the cat in windy weather

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.

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Posted on 7 October, 201917 October, 2024 by Hawthorn Staff
Category: Blog
Tags: autumn, Findus and Pettson, seasonal activities

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