Hidden delights at Nature Nursery

(Goblin is 36 months)

There is construction work a foot at the farm this week. The kids went to investigate the new wooden walkways that have been installed running to the wood and a garden area. At the end of one of the paths they discovered a currently unused polytunnel.

The tunnel housed delight and wonder. It had a fluffy plant that scattered its fluff into the air if you poked it. 

And there were old bits of wood and loose dirt and tractor tires that had been used as raised flower beds. Goblin and Elfin were in their element and set to work doing ..... well just doing stuff, as only children can. What ever it was it was very important and they worked away industriously moving the earth around.

What I love about Nature Nursery are all the different ways the children play. They find a new thing to occupy themselves with ever time. We don't have a structure to the visit and that suits them perfectly. They are all curious kids and they learn through doing. I'm sure some parents might have stuck their heads into that polytunnel and recoiled at the broken spiky bits of wood and other potential death traps, but really what the children saw was a little haven of exciting adventure.

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