Do you remember this childhood circle song? The children in both groups loved it!
In and out the dusky bluebells,
In and out the dusky bluebells,
In and out the dusky bluebells,
Who shall be my partner?
Tappity tappity on your shoulder,
Tappity, tappity on your shoulder,
Tappity tappity on your shoulder,
You shall be my partner
We looked closely at the bluebells and then made magnifying listening bells to try to hear the bluebells ringing. Or just listen to the sounds of nature in a different way. We directed the bells in different directions.
A bird singing in a tree
A bee on a flower
The wind in the grass
The wind in the trees
spotting lords and ladiescollecting nettle leaves for teanoticing the male flowers on the oakviewing misty Dublinnative dusky violet bluebellssmelling and listening to the bluebellsgetting our plant medicine in preparation for any nettle tingleslearning beetle tag from our assistantsbravery or skill test – picking nettlesin and out of the dusky bluebellstasting nettle teareading the letter from the grandmother treetasting oval, pointy, raindrop shaped, hairy beech leavestasting hawthorn flowersspotting lords and ladiesin and out the dusky bluebellsrecording patterns in natureWe are deer eating fresh beech leavesNot all bluebells are blueDifferent coloured bellsIf I was tiny tiny this would be a tree for me. close up of a cowslip flowernoticing things up closea forest of cow parsleyOur cherry flowers are becoming cherries alreadyNettle tea hearthleaf patternsmaking a record of all the different leaves
