Children love wildlife! Since 2009 Nature Nuts has offered fun themed play sessions for tots and their carers that include something a little special - firsthand encounters with wild creatures and plants, beastly bugs, amazing natural objects, little critters, and much more. Come and join 100s of other Nature Nuts and enjoy wildlife discovery for tots, with an educational twist.
*Today's Nature Nuts class Bromley, Monday 10.30am CANCELLED due to unforseen circumstances. Apologies.*
VOTE FOR NATURE NUTS! (BEST LOCAL ACTIVITY UNDER 5s) Hoorah! Nature Nuts has been nominated for a national play scheme award and has gone through to the final voting stage. Click on this link http://tinyurl.com/blwzoxt to go to the voting page. Vote 'Best Local Activity- Nature Nuts (Kent)'.
Is experiencing nature important for children? If you say 'Yes!', then cast your vote for Nature Nuts. As far as we can tell Nature Nuts is the ONLY nature play activity in the whole of England that made it to the short-list. Cast your vote for Nature Nuts under Best Local Activity Under 5s and you are casting your vote for a ladybird crawling across a tot's hand, the thrill of finding frogspawn in spring, giggling at wiggly worms, and the unadulterated joy on your child's face as they are told they are holding a real dinosaur tooth in their hand. Go on..share the link with your friends and family too. (And a big thanks you to everyone who nominated Nature Nuts, no matter what the final outcome).
*FACEBOOK FANS WIN EduScience kiddie binoculars!!!*
"What is your Earth Day Wish for your Child?" To win please email your entry to competition@nature-nuts.co.uk. Maybe use your own childhood as an inspiration! You could wish that your son or daughter gets the chance to see a wild hedgehog, or that they enjoy an opportunity to go swimming in a stream Scotland, or maybe you wish for them to have the chance to go badger spotting as a teenager. (The winning entry will be contacted by the end of May. No debate entered into, judges decision final! UK residents only)
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We meet animals, we look, listen, make, feel and have fun!
Nature Nuts helps families get closer to the nature right on their own doorstep. Our sessions are mini adventures bringing in sight, sound, touch and sometimes smell. Play sessions are divided into bite-sized chunks of activity, crafts, stories, games, singing and seasonal nature discovery, in a comfortable setting.
Sessions examples include: Birds, Bug Hunt, Snails, Dinosaurs, Pond Life, Ladybirds, Spring Spotting, Worms, Trees. If the venue and weather allow, we go outside for part of a session. Best of all, we meet wildlife and explore nature...grasshoppers, fossils, ants, pumpkins, conkers, centipedes, pond snails, seashells, caterpillars and much more.
We've got some great nature-themed boredom busters for mums and dads to take home and use in the garden, or park, and inside (or outside) on a rainy day. Nature Nuts invites you to share your child's fascination with the natural world and meet some likeminded parents and carers too. Come and have some fun!
Sir David Attenborough [newspaper interview 2010]
“It is my belief that there is barely a child born into this world that is not initially interested in nature and other creatures”
Did you know?
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In a survey of 9-10 year olds in 2008, 38% of children could not identify a frog. [BBC Wildlife Magazine Survey 2008]
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Fewer than 10 per cent of today's children play outside regularly, compared to 40 per cent of adults questioned about their own childhood [Natural England Survey 2009]
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A recent survey by The National Trust found that only half of Britain’s children could identify an oak leaf. By contrast nine out of 10 could identify fictional TV characters.