A series of outdoor activities:
- 'magic listening stones' are used to invite children to tune in to their sense of hearing, and engage with the multitude of sounds in their envionment
- 'feely' bags: children collect different objects from their environment, then take turns in trying to identify the object, and describe what they can feel
- 'frames': children look through different frames to help focus their seeing.

Finally, children are encouraged to make connections between the ways in which they use their senses to connect with the world, and how that makes them feel.

Author: Cumbria Development Education Centre

Year: 2014

Languages: English

Typology of education resource : Class activity

GCE Issues: Environment

Author: Cumbria Development Education Centre

Key word(s):

Tags: outdoors outdoors , senses senses

School subject(s)/field(s) of studies in which the educational resource can be used: Outdoor education

Activity’ objectives:

This is an outdoor activity which aims to encourage an appreciation of the world around us, and foster a sense of responsibility for the environment and for sustainable use of resources through experiential learning.

Pupils’ learning competences (SUBJECT- specific) addressed: Seeing their local environment from a different perspective helps children develop self-awareness and social skills

Pupils’ learning competences (CGE) addressed: Children recognise the difference between things that are natural, and things that are made by people, and develop a sense of their place in their environment.

Methodology: Cooperative-learning, Experiential learning

Age range: 6-7, 4-8

Duration: 1.30.00

Link to website: http://www.cdec.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Appreciating-the-World.pdf

Relevant notes :

This is part of a larger resource, 'World from our Doorstep' a global learning guidebook for teachers working with younger children