This week the children began their day exploring a small ditch they had discovered. The ditch provided lots of scope for problem solving skills as the children tried to work out how deep and wide it was and how they would cross it.

Our afternoon explorations found us in a wooded area where the children got to work building dens. Again, lots of problem solving skills were used to work out how to build a roof and walls which were secure. The children attempted building the den with various lengths of branches. They soon discovered that the longer branches were easier to build with but some were a little bit bendy which led to more discussions about how to make the walls secure enough so we could (in the words of one child) “live inside forever!”.