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Heading outdoors

Reading outside is great for wellbeing, learning about nature and opportunities for exercise. These resource will help make the most of your outdoor adventures.

Articles

  • Get outside with Shetland for Bairns
  • The joy of reading outside
  • 8 literary walks, hikes and trails in Scotland

Learning resources

  • 10 things to do with any book outdoors
  • John Muir: proactive conservation
  • How to make poetry stones
  • John Muir, Earth - Planet, Universe
  • John Muir: discover national parks
  • John Muir: nature detectives

Book lists

  • Books for outdoor learning
  • Books for your PE classroom
  • Books for exploring the outdoors

Songs and rhymes

  • A Big Red Bus (Video)Video
  • Ten Red Apples (garden video) (Video)Video
  • I Have a Little Spider (Video)Video
  • Two Little Dicky Birds (outdoors) (Video)Video
  • All the Little Ducks Go Upside Down (Video)Video

Authors Live on demand

  • M.G. Leonard: Dive into The Twitchers
  • Gill Lewis: World Environment Day

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