Muddy Faces

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What's on outdoors in July, August and September with @Muddyfaces ...

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#outdooractivities #kidsplay #outdoorplay

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Mud play this June 🌱
Our next newsletter is out tomorrow, focusing on International Mud Day and why mud play matters in practice.
Celebrating 15 years of our Mud Campaign and how it’s helped shape early years provision.
Sign up → https://t.co/PZmGmrvNf8

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🌿 International Mud Day is 29 June
Ideas and inspiration coming your way across June 👇
https://t.co/AGsP7jorPu
#MudDay2026

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🚜 Farming Fortnight (from 1 June)
Where does our food come from? 🌱
Ideas + activities 👇
https://t.co/A4JNVvYfyB

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🌱 National Children’s Gardening Week
A lovely moment to get hands in the soil and notice what’s growing…
Explore change, care & nature connection with children🌿
- Ideas + activities👇
https://t.co/0xOrYZHmAv
- Reflections on practice from Liz Edwards🌿
https://t.co/xVCkwrT2kn

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🐝 It’s World Bee Day!
A lovely invitation to slow down, get close to the flowers and see who’s visiting…
Bees open up simple ways to explore growing, seasons, habitats and change with young children 🌼
Explore ideas, activities and links 👇
https://t.co/sI4Kj49hTF

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We're halfway through No Mow May!
How are you getting on?!

Find out more here: https://t.co/5LeAkbgg9r

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🌿 It’s Be Nice to Nettles Week!
Abundant, versatile & rich with opportunities for wild food, creative projects and wildlife discovery, nettles have a lot to offer your time outdoors.
Explore ideas, activities & links in our latest news 👇
https://t.co/F2ObbvY8O5

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🌿 30 Days Wild runs from 1–30 June.
A simple invitation to connect with nature each day – noticing, exploring, following curiosity…
Free goodies + daily nature emails from the Wildlife Trusts. 🌱
Find out more 👇
https://t.co/gi7jTHkI9a

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This week is the Urban Tree Festival.
Celebrate the trees where you live!
Find out more: https://t.co/Wu59tqMl3K

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“The sun is shining in Sheffield and the park is full of lion’s teeth.”

Liz Edwards, Muddy Faces Director, reflects on how growing spaces support children to be happy, healthy and thriving.

https://t.co/xVCkwrT2kn

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Happy birthday, Sir David Attenborough 🌍
Thank you for helping us see the wonder of the natural world, and why it matters.

#SirDavidAttenborough #Nature

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🌟 FREE CPD🌟

The Local Schools Nature Grant project is offering fully-funded, in-person CPD training across 5 venues this summer, open to school and nursery staff from Great Britain.
Harrogate - Nottingham - Stirling - Winchester - Bristol

🔗 https://t.co/3Av9oy2zH3

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What’s on in May to inspire your work & play outdoors?
3 Dawn Chorus Day🎶
3–9 Hedgehog Wk🦔
4–10 Compost Wk♻️
5–11 Hedgerow Wk🌿
8 Outdoor Classroom Day🌳
10–18 Urban Tree Festival🌲
20 Bee Day🐝
23–31 Children’s Gardening Wk🌼
+ Walking Month🚶
Info: https://t.co/fuoVwgPGv0

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Nettles at #ForestSchool are kept as part of an important eco system, as the children learn how the butterflies lay their eggs under the leaves. We tap in a hazed flag to ensure everyone stays clear @Muddyfaces @NewForestSussed @savebutterflies

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Our latest What’s On is out 🌱
Links to ideas, activities and background to support day‑to‑day practice outdoors with children.
Read here 👉 https://t.co/fuoVwgPGv0

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🐸 Happy World Frog Day!
Celebrating these brilliant creatures and the vital role they play in our ecosystems.

Free frog activities, facts and more on our Outdoor Hub 👇
https://t.co/wCC4xH1Frc

🐸🐸🐸 #WorldFrogDay

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🐸 Tomorrow is World Frog Day!
Have you tried any froggy activities this week? We'd love to see them!

All our free frog activities are here 👇
https://t.co/pjTd9EUIf4

#WorldFrogDay

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🐸 Two days to go!
Give it a go - paint a frog life cycle on wooden discs, card or leaves!

Inspiration here 👇
https://t.co/pjTd9EUIf4

#WorldFrogDay

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🐸 Our free Outdoor Hub has a whole frog page - activities, crafts, frog facts and conservation links.

Worth a look ahead of World Frog Day on Friday!

https://t.co/pjTd9EUIf4

#WorldFrogDay