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An essential addition to the kit bag of any budding outdoor adventurer.
(Country Life )Full of ideas to tempt young people outside, and is packed with colour photographs showing the fun that can be had. As with every topic in this book, there are very clear instructions, which are easy to follow, and photographs illustrating every step of the way. Whether you're a parent or a youngster leafing through this book, it's hard not to be inspired by Go Wild!.
(Oxford Times )A joyous celebration of independence, the great outdoors and taking risks, this is the ideal solution to a credit crunch summer holiday - nature comes conveniently free.
(Daily Mail )This sumptuously designed book is a pleasure to peruse and really makes you want to head outdoors.
(BBC Wildlife )Full of ideas and activities for older children to enjoy the outdoors.
(Outdoor Living )Real kids doing real stuff! This fantastic book is aimed squarely at the age group most often accused by society of spending too much time indoors… Written in a style that implicitly trusts young people's capabilities, and is illustrated with great photos of kids enjoying the outdoors. I've had to wrestle it away from my eight year old just to get a look!
(Juno )With step-by-step guidelines, stunning photos and sensible advice, the book describes a range of outdoor adventures for families to share, offering tempting alternatives to screen-based entertainment. Sue Palmer … says 'Go Wild! is just what families need to escape from virtual worlds and rediscover the wonders of the real one. It provides the perfect recipe for transforming cotton wool into confident, independent, resilient young people. Every family should have a copy!'
(Families First )To help make the idea of going outside more fun for both kids and adults Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks have written a series of books packed full of ideas! The good news is nearly all the activities suggested in the books cosst very little and need hardly any fancy equipment, just the motivation to get out of the door and have a go at something new. The authors hope there is something to everyone whether you live in the town or the country or whether you want to climb a mountain or just make a den at the bottom of the garden or in the local park.
(Primary Times )Not just for kids, this book is packed with ideas.
(Trail )A brilliant and amazing bushcraft book with stunning pictures we all dream of in our prep schools. Forget lounging on the sofa in front of the TV in the comfy living room of the boarding house. Get out there! I truly believe that this book should be shown during one of your governors' meetings if you intend to promote outdoor education in your school.
(Prep School )Review
Go Wild! Is aimed at families giving you the confidence and knowledge to teach your children new skills in bush craft and how to appreciate the wilder world. Split into easily digestible chapters on shelter, fire, foraging, tools and lots more, it emphasises safety and takes you step by step through activities and crafts that will keep you and your children spellbound for hours...Robin Hood would have been proud to own this book.
(Evolve - Natural History Museum magazine )
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
When I entered the bookshop, this book jumped off the shelf at me. It is a coffee table book full of beautiful photos of teenagers being outdoors building shelters, hanging around camp fires, making weapons and exploring the local areas. For any parents wanting to get their older children off the couch and away from a screen then this is an inspirational introduction.
However, this book really is only an introduction. If you have been a scout or girl guide then you may well be familiar with most of the activities covered here. Bushcraft experts and outdoor enthusiasts should stay with Ray Mears and Tom Brown's books. You may also argue some of the specifics of the advice given in some chapters.
I think if you are in the process of becoming a forest school leader or thinking about becoming one, then this book would be a useful starting point for ideas and activities. The safety aspects are discussed in a reassuring way which is helpful.
I hope this book will be the one of many more to come, which allow more young people to experience the joys of being outside in a natural environment.
However, this book really is only an introduction. If you have been a scout or girl guide then you may well be familiar with most of the activities covered here. Bushcraft experts and outdoor enthusiasts should stay with Ray Mears and Tom Brown's books. You may also argue some of the specifics of the advice given in some chapters.
I think if you are in the process of becoming a forest school leader or thinking about becoming one, then this book would be a useful starting point for ideas and activities. The safety aspects are discussed in a reassuring way which is helpful.
I hope this book will be the one of many more to come, which allow more young people to experience the joys of being outside in a natural environment.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was a real lifesaver when my grandchildren ranging from 9 to 14 came to stay this summer. It kept them busy in our garden and away from my television and computer. Lots of inspiring ideas made it easier to get them outdoors doing the kind of activities I remember from my childhood, and they still referred to Natures Playground as well, a creative book I bought them last year from the same authors.Excellent.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I brought this book to keep my children busy in the garden through the summer. i was initially a bit disappointed as it describes how to go fishing etc. well beyond the garden! But the book came up trumps in the recent snow when my children's friends came around and spent the entire day making an igloo having apparently read about how to do it in this book, making bricks by filling plastic containers then making 'mortar' out of the snow.
Altogether the idea's in the book cannot be achieved in a suburban garden , but it is written in a way which engages and sticks, and you never know when it will be useful!
Altogether the idea's in the book cannot be achieved in a suburban garden , but it is written in a way which engages and sticks, and you never know when it will be useful!
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Excellent book, just what I was after
This is a great book that is presented very well, with clear and easy to follow instructions. This book is just what I was after to get the kids more involved in the great... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Wardy145
Go wild!
This is a fantastic book with very bright and useful photos accompanying it. I bought the book to use as inspiration in my role as a teacher developing the outdoor learning and... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Outdoor gal
Wild about this book
A really good basic guide to having fun in an outdoor enviroment and living with and using the natural resourses around you.
Published 8 months ago by Cathedral Scout
it's good but next time....
it would be good to have the measurements either in metric or imperial rather than both eg 1m 39" also i hate to say it but it comes across as very middle class and i could imagine... Read more
Published 10 months ago by C. Driffield
Inspiring
My son, brother,husband and I were all fighting to get our hands on this. Great pictures and so many inspiring outdoors projects. Really inspiring for outdoors adventures. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Lucy H. Pearce
Let them experience the things we did
As a child in the 1950's I did many, if not all of these activities. I have two grandchildren who will love to read about and do the things detailed in this great little book. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2009 by K. Riley
Go Wild and be a child again
This book was spot on for my requirements - it has great readability and the photographs are very clear. Some super ideas that really releases the inner child! Read more
Published on 30 Sep 2009 by skibabe
GO WILD
A lovely publication for anybody involved with children playing in a rural environment. Lots of common sense regarding camping, bonfires, dens and so much more! Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2009 by D. A. O'KANE
Go Wild.....i have!
Great follow up book to Natures PLayground, bursting with ideas & springboards. Although it does include some of the more traditional earth education ideas, which are commonly used... Read more
Published on 3 Jun 2009 by L. Kennedy
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