What children don’t love playing in the Autumn leaves? L, N and F certainly do, and enjoyed playing with tubs of leaves so much that we decided to upscale the fun by filling the trampoline full of Autumn leaves to play in. It was like a giant sensory tub! Any enclosure would do, a play pen, a paddling pool – but the bouncing element certainly added to our enjoyment.
Collecting the leaves was fun in itself, and gave us an excuse for another Autumn nature walk, this time with a reason to collect bags and bags of leaves. L and N loved scooping up armfuls of leaves and carrying their own bags home.
F enjoyed the fresh air and watching the leaves fall from the trees
Emptying the bags of leaves onto the trampoline was fun, and their excitement as they realised what we were doing was infectious. This was one of those activities where they are physically and mentally free, and it was all on a big, whole-body scale, the scooping up lots of leaves, the playing in them – and they loved it!
So we had a trampoline full of Autum leaves, and we set to play.
Wrestling
Throwing and catching
Diving
scooping
jumping and crunching
rolling and exploring
sitting and feeling
