Our youngest son is nervous about birthdays, particularly his own. Bright, crinkling, ripping paper, and the unknown surprise within. Loved ones loudly singing happy birthday in unison. Iced cakes with smoky candles. Being the centre of everyone’s attention. For a child with sensory autism, even happy events can be a little too much. For the…
Tag: outdoors
Almanac: Waiting for spring – stream walking the forest
When the forest paths turn to slippy, ankle-deep mud in the winter months, we like to take our four children stream-walking. This is one of the forests to the north of the village we live in and we like to visit after heavy rain, when the tiny streams are full and running much more…
Almanac: The Secret Forest Rope Swing
I had to ask the children’s permission to share this with you, because this post gives away the existence of their secret forest rope swing… they’ve agreed, as long as you keep it to yourselves. In previous posts we’ve shown the farmland and woodlands that are right beside our home, whilst this is one of…
Almanac: Woodland on the cusp of spring – watching the seasons with children
Just on the horizon in the picture below, you can see the shadowy arch of our local woodland. It takes around 20 minutes for us to walk there from our doorstep, across the fields. We always try and spot the continuous changes in the landscape – which can be different every day. We thought we’d…
