useful links to websites for various things
Organisations I regularly work with:
Claire's blog:
http://storiesunderstones.blogspot.com/
Stories-under-stones on Facebook
Some Curious Finds, Katy Doncaster and Claire Simpson
http://somecuriousfinds.weebly.com/index.html
Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire:
http://www.scarthinbooks.com/
Scarthin Books, new website
http://www.scarthinbooks.co.uk/
Dunkirk Primary School:
http://www.dunkirkprimary.com/
Derbyshire Eco Centre:
http://www.ecocentreexchange.org.uk/#!/
Katy Doncaster's website:
http://watchingthewindswift.weebly.com/index.html
Organisations I belong to and or support:
The Cloud Appreciation Society:
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Bumble Bee Conservation Trust:
http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org.uk/
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust:
http://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/
RSPB
http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Sightlines Initiative
http://www.sightlines-initiative.com/
The John Muir Trust:
http://www.jmt.org/home.asp
Children and Nature Network:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/
The Woodland Trust:
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/Pages/default.aspx
Organisations I love to use and gather inspiration, information and ideas from:
Reggio Children
http://www.reggiochildren.it/
Common Ground
http://www.commonground.org.uk/
BBC Nature - Springwatch / Autumnwatch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/United_Kingdom
St Peters School Garden, Littleover, Derby, where Katy Doncaster has been working with children to create a beautiful garden space:
http://stpetersgarden.weebly.com/index.html
The International Otter Survival Fund
http://www.otter.org/
The Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network
http://www.opalexplorenature.org/aboutOPAL
Nature Detectives, The Woodland Trust section for children / families / schools, packed with resources and ideas:
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/home.htm
BugLife:
http://www.buglife.org.uk/
Frog Life
http://www.froglife.org/
Pond Conservation
http://www.pondconservation.org.uk/
Learning Through Landscapes
http://www.ltl.org.uk/
Centre for Alternative Technology
http://www.cat.org.uk/
Permaculture Association
http://www.permaculture.org.uk/
Plantlife
http://www.plantlife.org.uk/
Archimedes Training:
http://www.forestschools.com/
Early Arts
http://www.earlyarts.co.uk/about-us
Other Artists I work with / am inspired by:
Katy Doncaster's website:
http://watchingthewindswift.weebly.com/index.html
Tom Hare
http://www.tomhare.net/about-tom-hare.php
Teresa Grimaldi
http://www.teresagrimaldi.co.uk/
The Sisters Grim
http://www.thesistersgrim.co.uk/
Frazer Johnston
http://frazerjohnston.weebly.com/index.html
Joolz Doncaster, Wicked Willow
http://www.wickedwillow.co.uk/index.htm
Sue Weinstock
http://www.glassjewels.co.uk/
Wendy Johnson
http://wendyjohnsonblog.wordpress.com/
Lee Sass
http://sealass.weebly.com/
http://www.thecollaborators.org.uk/
suppliers I use regularly for materials and resources:
Wingham Wool Works for felting and textile materials
http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/
Fire Wok supplier:
http://www.metalmedia.co.uk/
Wiggly Wigglers, who supply lots of things for wildlife-friendly gardening
http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/
Greenman Burshcraft, who supply lots of resources for working with wood, cooking on fires, tarps etc:
http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/
Muddy Faces, who sell lots of wonderful Forest School resources and have a ideas swap page on their web site
for activiities
http://www.muddyfaces.co.uk/
Mindstretchers, who run training and nature kindergartens in Scotland and also have a wonderful supply
of resources for sale
http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/
Blogs that are packed with inspiration and ideas:
http://rethinkingchildhood.com/
http://creativestarlearning.blogspot.co.uk/
http://janwhitenaturalplay.wordpress.com/
http://kindlingplayandtraining.blogspot.co.uk/
http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://loveoutdoorplay.net/
http://progressiveearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.co.uk/
And... some quirky things that are packed with inspiration:
The Dragons Friendly Society, for all things Bagpus, Clangers and Noggin the Nog (I grew up with the work of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin and as a child I was enchanted and left asking deep questions about the world)
http://www.dragons-friendly-society.co.uk/
more information here:
http://www.smallfilms.co.uk/
if you peep here and are calm, gentle and patient, you might catch a glimpse of Sniff, Little My, The Hemulen and their friends:
http://www.moomin.com/eng/index.html
for a little insight into a fenland world where people dress in straw and dance with fiddles to ensure a good crop and harvest for the coming year:
http://www.strawbear.org.uk/
For inspirations with colour, spinning, crochet and knitting:
http://hookknitspin.wordpress.com/
Claire's blog:
http://storiesunderstones.blogspot.com/
Stories-under-stones on Facebook
Some Curious Finds, Katy Doncaster and Claire Simpson
http://somecuriousfinds.weebly.com/index.html
Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire:
http://www.scarthinbooks.com/
Scarthin Books, new website
http://www.scarthinbooks.co.uk/
Dunkirk Primary School:
http://www.dunkirkprimary.com/
Derbyshire Eco Centre:
http://www.ecocentreexchange.org.uk/#!/
Katy Doncaster's website:
http://watchingthewindswift.weebly.com/index.html
Organisations I belong to and or support:
The Cloud Appreciation Society:
http://cloudappreciationsociety.org/
Bumble Bee Conservation Trust:
http://www.bumblebeeconservation.org.uk/
Derbyshire Wildlife Trust:
http://www.derbyshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/
RSPB
http://www.rspb.org.uk/
Sightlines Initiative
http://www.sightlines-initiative.com/
The John Muir Trust:
http://www.jmt.org/home.asp
Children and Nature Network:
http://www.childrenandnature.org/
The Woodland Trust:
http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/Pages/default.aspx
Organisations I love to use and gather inspiration, information and ideas from:
Reggio Children
http://www.reggiochildren.it/
Common Ground
http://www.commonground.org.uk/
BBC Nature - Springwatch / Autumnwatch
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/places/United_Kingdom
St Peters School Garden, Littleover, Derby, where Katy Doncaster has been working with children to create a beautiful garden space:
http://stpetersgarden.weebly.com/index.html
The International Otter Survival Fund
http://www.otter.org/
The Open Air Laboratories (OPAL) network
http://www.opalexplorenature.org/aboutOPAL
Nature Detectives, The Woodland Trust section for children / families / schools, packed with resources and ideas:
http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/home.htm
BugLife:
http://www.buglife.org.uk/
Frog Life
http://www.froglife.org/
Pond Conservation
http://www.pondconservation.org.uk/
Learning Through Landscapes
http://www.ltl.org.uk/
Centre for Alternative Technology
http://www.cat.org.uk/
Permaculture Association
http://www.permaculture.org.uk/
Plantlife
http://www.plantlife.org.uk/
Archimedes Training:
http://www.forestschools.com/
Early Arts
http://www.earlyarts.co.uk/about-us
Other Artists I work with / am inspired by:
Katy Doncaster's website:
http://watchingthewindswift.weebly.com/index.html
Tom Hare
http://www.tomhare.net/about-tom-hare.php
Teresa Grimaldi
http://www.teresagrimaldi.co.uk/
The Sisters Grim
http://www.thesistersgrim.co.uk/
Frazer Johnston
http://frazerjohnston.weebly.com/index.html
Joolz Doncaster, Wicked Willow
http://www.wickedwillow.co.uk/index.htm
Sue Weinstock
http://www.glassjewels.co.uk/
Wendy Johnson
http://wendyjohnsonblog.wordpress.com/
Lee Sass
http://sealass.weebly.com/
http://www.thecollaborators.org.uk/
suppliers I use regularly for materials and resources:
Wingham Wool Works for felting and textile materials
http://www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk/
Fire Wok supplier:
http://www.metalmedia.co.uk/
Wiggly Wigglers, who supply lots of things for wildlife-friendly gardening
http://www.wigglywigglers.co.uk/
Greenman Burshcraft, who supply lots of resources for working with wood, cooking on fires, tarps etc:
http://www.greenmanbushcraft.co.uk/
Muddy Faces, who sell lots of wonderful Forest School resources and have a ideas swap page on their web site
for activiities
http://www.muddyfaces.co.uk/
Mindstretchers, who run training and nature kindergartens in Scotland and also have a wonderful supply
of resources for sale
http://www.mindstretchers.co.uk/
Blogs that are packed with inspiration and ideas:
http://rethinkingchildhood.com/
http://creativestarlearning.blogspot.co.uk/
http://janwhitenaturalplay.wordpress.com/
http://kindlingplayandtraining.blogspot.co.uk/
http://teachertomsblog.blogspot.co.uk/
http://loveoutdoorplay.net/
http://progressiveearlychildhoodeducation.blogspot.co.uk/
And... some quirky things that are packed with inspiration:
The Dragons Friendly Society, for all things Bagpus, Clangers and Noggin the Nog (I grew up with the work of Oliver Postgate and Peter Firmin and as a child I was enchanted and left asking deep questions about the world)
http://www.dragons-friendly-society.co.uk/
more information here:
http://www.smallfilms.co.uk/
if you peep here and are calm, gentle and patient, you might catch a glimpse of Sniff, Little My, The Hemulen and their friends:
http://www.moomin.com/eng/index.html
for a little insight into a fenland world where people dress in straw and dance with fiddles to ensure a good crop and harvest for the coming year:
http://www.strawbear.org.uk/
For inspirations with colour, spinning, crochet and knitting:
http://hookknitspin.wordpress.com/