Snowshoes are an amazing way to get outside and explore the winter woods! Essential for travelling in deep snow, traditional snowshoes have been used for thousands of years. After a brief introduction to their history and design, students are fitted with a pair of...
It’s a cold February day. A delicate layer of frost edges the corner of each window and mounds of snow smooth over bushes and trees. Birds are huddled under eaves, fluffing their feathers, reminding you that winter is well and truly here. Meanwhile, the kids are...
Every trail has a story to tell and if you are patient enough you can learn to read the writing each footprint makes in the soft snow of winter. To practice reading tracks try this simple activity. Find an area of fresh snow. Ask your children to stand in a straight...
There is something magical about a winter landscape. If there is snow on the ground, edges become softened, sound is muffled, and the world feels fresh and clean. Even if there isn’t any snow, the colour palette of the winter season reveals itself in subtle...
Stop for a moment. Take one large breath in and smell the air around you. With every inhalation and exhalation (about 23,000 times per day!), we smell the world we’re surrounded by. We are awash in odours of all kinds, from the pleasant fragrance of lily to the sharp...
