Water Play!

With the wonderfully warm weather here in the U.K this week the challenge is to keep everyone nice and cool. What not better than embracing some simple water play! 

It doesn't have to be fancy to be effective and create opportunities for high levels of engagement. Young children find water truly fascinating. From watching the shape rain makes as it lands in a puddle to the flow of water down stream. 

Over in my Rewilding Your Wanderlust Nature Study Programme I offer a whole module on the wonderful elements of water and the natural ways we can explore this safely with young children. From visiting bubbling becks, splashing in puddles and reviewing your water provision.

Here is a handy getting started list for water play taken from my Rewiding Your Wanderlust Audit. 

• Pipes and Guttering Connectors for the pipes Measuring jugs in different sizes
• Watering can
• Funnels
• Brushes
• Paint roller
• Plant pots with holes in Jerry cans
• Spray bottles
• Bubble blowing set
• Sponges of different sizes
• Taps
• Pots and pans
• Containers with hole
• Solar fountain
• Whisk
• Jugs
• Watering can
• Washing up bowl
• Spoons (slotted, big spoons, little spoons, pasta spoons, wooden spoons)
• Natural objects to float or sink (leaves, twigs, stones, flower heads)
• Food colouring
• Puddles
• Coloured water

To set up something similar to what we have in the video above here is a list of the resources we've used:

Sea Creatures: Mixture of Cosy Direct and Scheich

Water Run: Plum Play

Fish: Yellow Door

Goldfish Bowl: Cosy Direct

Clear Bucket: Cosy Direct

Tea Cups and Pourers: Cosy Direct

Waterfall: Yellow Door

Foliage: My Garden ;)