OUTDOOR EDUCATION – LEARNING, OUTDOOR PLAY… AND SOAP BUBBLES!

Home sweet home, especially when it is cold, rainy, or too wet outside for an after-school run at the park. During winter, we naturally worry about how the cold affects children. We often feel they are never dressed warmly enough and prefer to keep them safely indoors during their free time.

Even the most adventurous children, those who would happily spend most of their day outdoors even in winter, can face a few obstacles.

Not every city has child-friendly parks or sports facilities equipped with outdoor areas. Not every school has gardens or courtyards available for play and activities. After-school commitments and modern technologies also offer countless indoor opportunities, filling much of children's unstructured free time with activities that keep them inside.

In contrast with increasingly indoor lifestyles and play habits, a growing number of families, schools, and educational institutions are rediscovering the benefits of outdoor education. Originally developed in Northern Europe, this educational and pedagogical approach is based on using outdoor environments as privileged spaces for children's experiences and learning. Spending time outdoors with peers helps children develop social skills. In a context different from the traditional classroom, they are encouraged to relate to themselves and to others in new and more spontaneous ways. Outdoor activities can also increase awareness of environmental respect, personal well-being, and the connection between body, mind, and nature.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION ACTIVITIES: GAMES, LEARNING AND… SOAP BUBBLES

Children love being outdoors, getting messy, taking small risks and challenging their own limits. Simple and beneficial outdoor activities for children of all ages are familiar to all of us: climbing trees and playing hide-and-seek while listening to the sounds of nature, searching for animal tracks in mud or snow, enjoying a family picnic without leaving waste behind, lighting a fire safely in designated areas.

And then there are all the small treasures nature offers: berries, twigs, leaves, acorns, chestnuts, objects children can collect, sort, store in containers, or use for creative art projects. Outdoor play also helps children train balance by walking on logs or crossing small ditches. And of course, blowing soap bubbles, chasing them, watching them burst, or bounce softly on different surfaces.

Speaking of soap bubbles, did you know that besides the classic bubble bottle, there is also the Bubble Wand? Filled with 120ml of ready-to-use bubble solution, the Bubble Wand can be unsheathed for exciting bubble duels with friends and features an elongated wand designed to create giant bubbles.
The Bubble World Bubble Wand is a game waiting to be discovered, with endless ways to create bubbles: blowing, spinning, waving the wand through the air, and much more.

And now… everyone outside, nature is calling!