Rewilding Children’s Imaginations

<p><i>Rewilding Children’s Imaginations</i> is a practical and creative resource designed to engage children in the natural world through folktales storytelling and artmaking.</p><p>The guide introduces 21 folklore stories from across the world alongside 99 creative activities spanning nature and the four seasons of the year. Using the lens of folktales and myths of the land children are encouraged to explore a variety of activities and exercises across different arts media from visual art making to storytelling drama and movement.</p><p>This resource:</p><ul> <li>Helps teachers and group facilitators to build confidence in offering a range of creative learning experiences inspired by nature.</li> </ul><ul> <li>Provides a collection of easy-to-use cross-curricular and storytelling activities.</li> </ul><ul> <li>Allows children to connect with nature their imagination and folktales from around the world.</li> </ul><ul> <li>Builds new skills in oracy artmaking collaboration wellbeing care of the environment diversity respect and tolerance and more.</li> </ul><ul> <li>Inspires children to tell stories and make art both individually and collaboratively helping them build confidence as active creators in their community.</li> </ul><ul> <li>Shares creative tools and positive learning experiences to inspire children teachers and parents across the school year.</li> </ul><p><em>Rewilding Children’s Imaginations</em> brings together nature art and oral storytelling in easy and accessible ways to help children connect with the world around them as well as with their own emotional landscapes. It is essential and enjoyable reading for primary teachers and early years professionals outdoors practitioners therapists art educators community and youth workers home schoolers parents carers and families.</p>