Resources
Our library of 271 resources (which are aimed at Primary School children) has grown rapidly, and we welcome new suggestions.
Example searches: Watch Ladybugs Activity Jock o' Bennachie Bailies of Bennachie Make Trees Things That Grow
10 Facts About Honey Bees!
Learn some fun facts about honey bees from the National Geographic Kids web site.
Bees Minibeasts
12 Spring Wildflowers You Should Know
Learn more about spring wildflowers and how to recognise them.
Spring Video
A Bird Spotting Guide (PDF)
This activity is suitable for younger children.
Activity Birds
A Day In The Life Of A Mountain Rescuer
Watch the BBC Newsround video to learn more about Naomi and the details of her life in the mountains.
Video Watch Winter
A Year In The Life Of A Horse Chestnut Tree
Autumn Trees Video Watch
A Year in the Life of a Rowan Tree
Learn more about the Rowan tree.
Things That Grow Trees Watch
Acorn Seedling Time Lapse Over 8 Months
Plants Things That Grow Trees Watch
Adult White Hare In Snow
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
All About Butterflies
Insects Video Watch
Amphibian Crafts
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
An Introduction to the Tawny Owl
Birds Video Watch Winter
Animal Tracking from Prints
Video Watch Winter
Autumn - Ready To Get Detecting
Here’s a spotter sheet for signs of Autumn - how many can you find?
Activity Autumn
Autumn Colouring In
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn Colouring In Download
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn in the UK
Autumn Video Watch
Autumn Leaf Hunt
Jock challenges you to an autumn leaf hunt! How may can you find? Here’s a handy spotter sheet.
Activity Autumn
Autumn Leaf Quiz
Why not test yourself with this autumn leaf quiz!
Activity Autumn
Autumn Online Colouring
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Autumn Online Jigsaws (1 of 3)
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (2 of 3)
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Online Jigsaws (3 of 3)
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Autumn Scavenger Hunt
Fancy an autumn scavenger hunt? This is also a bit of a puzzle
Activity Autumn
Autumn Tree Craft
Autumn tree craft-celebrate autumn by creating this display of leaf prints, rubbings and collages
Activity Autumn
Badger
Video Watch Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Badger (January 2019)
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Badger - Mum with 3 Cubs
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Badger Grid
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Badger Maze
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Badgers Playing Video
Watch our video of badgers playing from one of the Steve Sleigh's video cameras.
Spring Video
Bailies of Bennachie Wildlife Survey
We have a team of volunteers monitoring wildlife cameras on and around Bennachie Aberdeenshire, our survey is supported by players of the Postcode Lottery.
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch
BAMBI - Wild ROE DEER Fawn
Spring Video
Bats - Echolocation
Bats
Bee Friendly Plants
Spring
Bee Painted Rocks Craft for Kids
Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
Bird and Butterfly Templates
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Play
Bird Beaks - What do Birds Eat?
Autumn Birds Video Watch
Bird Songs (PDF)
Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Birds - Cartoon Fun Facts
Birds Watch
Birds - List of Live Webcams
These webcams show what’s happening live, but remember some of what you see might be upsetting.
Birds
Blackbird Jigsaw
Try this online Blackbird jigsaw.
Jigsaws Play
Blossom Activities for Older Children
Activity Spring
Blossom Activities for Younger Children
Spring
British Garden Birds - Waxwings
Autumn Birds Video Watch
Bug Hunting at Home
Activity Minibeasts
Build a Bird Box
Fun craft activity suitable for children
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Build an insect hotel
Activity Spring
Build Your Own Minibeast
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Bumblebee ID Guide
Bees Minibeasts
Butterflies and Moths Body Parts
Moths and Caterpillars Summer
Butterflies of North East Scotland - An Identification Guide
Butterfly Minibeasts
Butterflies, Moths and their Caterpillars
Insects
Butterfly Colouring In
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Butterfly Life Cycle FOR KIDS
Butterfly Video
Butterfly or Moth?
Moths and Caterpillars Summer Video
Butterfly Suncatcher
This is suitable for preschool children.
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Butterfly Symmetry Art
Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
Buzzard Jigsaw
Try this online Buzzard jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws Play
Caledonian Pine Forrest
Things That Grow Trees
Caterpillar Craft for Kids
Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Changing Autumn Tree Plate
Make a colour changing autumn tree plate.
Activity Autumn
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
How many of these can you find on a Christmas scavenger hunt?
Activity Outdoor Activity Winter
Colour in Amphibians - Frog
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Newt
fun activity for children
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour in Amphibians - Toad
Activity Indoor Activity Spring
Colour in Butterfly
Spring
Colour Us In!
Activity Birds Indoor Activity
Common Frogs on Springwatch
Spring Video
Conifer Cone Identifying Skills!
Impress your adults with your conifer cone identifying skills!
Activity Trees Winter
Conker Crafts and Activities
Make a conker worm, necklace, conker models, paint - even do some conker maths!
Activity Autumn
Cuckoo Birdsong
Watch this lovely video about Cuckoo.
Birds Spring Video
Daffodil Bunting
Spring
Deer - Colouring In
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Don’t Throw Out Your Old Wellies!
Don’t throw out your old wellies, plant some quirky containers, you could even grow sneaker salad in your old trainers!
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Dot to Dot Baby Bird
Activity Spring
Dot to Dot Honeybee
Activity Spring
Easy Crops to Grow
Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Family Beastie Drive
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Fancy A Game of Natural Noughts and Crosses?
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Feather Frenzy (RSPB)
Birds Play
Female Barn Owl Regurgitates Pellet
Birds Watch
Five Ways to Help Frogs and Toads
Spring Video
Flight: The Genius of Birds - Feathers
Birds Watch
Flower Seeds To Sow In August
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Flower Seeds To Sow In Summer
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Forest and Land Scotland Autumn Activities
Forest and Land Scotland have loads of autumn activities.
Activity Autumn
Forest Birdsong - Relaxing Nature Sounds
Spring Video
Fox Sounds Fox Pictures The Sound A Fox Makes Animal Sounds
Video Watch Winter
Free Tree Identification App
Here’s a great free tree identification app
Activity Trees Winter
Frogs and Toads of the UK
Spring Video
Frozen Sun Catchers
Activity Winter
Fun Ant Facts for Kids (Easy Science for Kids)
Ants Minibeasts
Funny Frogs Moving Paper TOYS Easy Paper Crafts
Indoor Activity Spring Video
Gardening for Butterflies
Spring
Get Sett - Test Your Knowledge of Badgers
Activity Indoor Activity Quiz Winter
Giant Swarm of Midges
Insects Minibeasts
Great Crested Grebes Courtship Dance
See this lovely video of the Great Crested Grebe courtship dance.
Spring Video
Great Spotted Woodpeckers Nest
Birds Watch
Grow Flowers for Butterflies
Activity Butterfly
Growing Vegetables in School Gardens
Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Halloween Crafts and Activities
This Halloween, the Woodland Trust put together our most ghoulish games and hair-raising adventures to ensure you have a spine-tingling time.
Activity Autumn
Happy Equinox! | Science for Kids
Spring Video
Have You Ever Made A Mandala?
You find your ‘treasures’ in the woods and then use them to make a beautiful circle.
Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Hibernate or Hibernot?
Activity Winter
How Are Seeds Spread?
Plants Things That Grow
How Do Birds Fly?
Watch
How Do Insects Fly?
Minibeasts
How Do Trees Grow?
Things That Grow Trees
How Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
Minibeasts
How Spiders Make Webs
Minibeasts Spiders
How To Clean A Bird Feeder
Autumn Ladybird Video Watch
How to Draw a Spider
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders
How To Draw An Ant
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
How to Identify Conifer Needles
Activity Trees Winter
How To Make A Bat Box
How to make a bat box. You must to this with an adult! In return for giving them a safe place to roost, the bats will reward you by munching the midgies!
Activity Winter
How To Make A Nature Journal
Activity
How to Make a Paper Caterpillar
Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
How To Make A Potato Trap
Learn how to make your very own potato trap.
Activity
How To Make Acorn Owls
Acorn Owls by Helen Bird from Curly Birds
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
How To Make An Origami Frog
How To Make An Origami Frog from Froglife web site.
Activity Indoor Activity Spring Video
How To Make Garden Wind Chimes
Activity Winter
How To Measure The Height of A Tree
Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees
How To Paint A Ladybug
Activity Indoor Activity Video
How to Play Conkers by the Official International Rules
Autumn Trees Video Watch
How to Play Conkers By The Rules
Activity Autumn Video
How To Press Leaves
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Hungry Birds Game (RSPB)
Activity Birds Play
Ice Decorations
Activity Winter
Identify a Butterfly (Butterfly Conservation)
Insects
Identify Trees With This Free Tree ID App
What’s that tree? Free tree identifier app-download it to your phone before you go out on your walk.
Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Identifying Badger Tracks
Video Watch Winter
Identifying Trees In Winter
Great quiz to help your deciduous ( broad leafed) trees identification skills!
Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Quiz Winter
Jigsaw - Fox Cubs
Activity Spring
Jigsaw - Osprey
Activity Spring
Jigsaw Badger Cub
Activity Spring
Jock & Hector, the Hairy Caterpillar Video
Moths and Caterpillars Summer Video
Jock and the Monks
Jock o' Bennachie
Jock's Autumn Party
Autumn Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch
Jock's Nature Notebook
Activity
Jock’s Birds Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Favourite Things That Grow Jigsaws
Activity Indoor Activity Jigsaws Jock o' Bennachie Things That Grow Trees
Jock’s Minibeast Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Jock’s Plants Bingo
Have fun, and remember to make notes in your Nature Notebook and send us your photos!
Activity Indoor Activity Jock o' Bennachie Outdoor Activity Plants
King of the Birds
Birds Jock o' Bennachie
Ladybird Colouring
Activity Ladybird Minibeasts
Ladybird Pebble Craft
Activity Butterfly Minibeasts
Ladybugs Fold Their Wings
Insects
Leaf Art
The Woodland trust have 11 brilliant ideas for making great leaf art.
Activity Autumn Indoor Activity
Leaf Spotter Dial
Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees
Lifecycle of a Ladybird
Activity Ladybird
Lifecycle of Plants
Plants Things That Grow
Live Osprey Nest Camera at Loch of the Lowes Wildlife Reserve
This webcam show what’s happening live, but remember some of what you see might be upsetting.
Birds Watch
Look Inside A Bumblebee Nest
Bees Video
Make a bee watering hole
Activity Spring
Make a Blackbird Mask
Activity Birds Make
Make a Bug Box
Activity Spring
Make A Bug Hotel
Activity Minibeasts
Make A Butterfly Feeder
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make A Butterfly Feeder (Baby Budgeting)
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make A Flock Of Fingers (RSPB)
Activity Indoor Activity
Make a Paper Plate Spider Web
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders
Make A Penguin Bookmark Corner
Activity Winter
Make A Pine Cone Owl
Autumn is the perfect season for nature crafting and children love being creative with pine cones, twigs, and bark to create Pine Cone Owls.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Things That Grow
Make a Pitfall Trap (Natural History Museum)
Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make a Spider Headband
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Spiders
Make a Toad Abode
Activity Spring
Make An Autumn Insect Hotel
Help Jock's minibeast pals make it through winter by giving them a cosy home!
Activity Autumn Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Make Your Garden Bee Friendly
Activity Bees Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Pollinators
Make Your Own Bird Bath
Instructions from the Dundee Science Centre web site.
Activity Birds Make
Make Your Own Bird Bath (Bailies)
Activity Birds Indoor Activity
Make Your Own Bird Feeder (BBC)
Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity Birds Make
Make Your Own Bird Feeder (RSPB)
Open your own bird café and make a bird feeder. Sit back and enjoy spotting the birds coming for a free lunch!
Activity Birds Make Outdoor Activity
Make Your Own Natural Christmas Decorations
Why not have a family forage for natural Christmas decorations? Note: needs an adult to be involved!
Activity Winter
Make Your Own Wind Chimes With Sticks
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
Make Your Own Woodland Theatre
Make your own woodland theatre, and lots more winter activities from the Woodland Trust
Activity Winter
Meadow Pipit Bird Song
Meadow Pipit Birds Singing and Chirping a Beautiful Bird Song.
Spring Video
Mini Grass Houses for Kids
Activity Indoor Activity Plants Things That Grow
Minibeast Activities and Crafts
Activity Butterfly Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Adventure with Jess Theme Song (CBBC)
Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Count and Colour
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Hunt
Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Hunt – Top Tips for Finding Bugs
Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity
Minibeast Spotter
Look for bugs when you’re out and about and find out fantastic facts about them. Best played on a handheld device such as a mobile phone or tablet.
Activity Minibeasts
Minibeast Spotter Sheet
Activity Bees Butterfly Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Snails Spiders
Moths Matter
Moths and Caterpillars Summer Video
My Wild Winter - Activity Guide
Enjoy the large range of activities from the Wildlife Trust collection of activities.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Winter
Nature Inspired Poetry
Activity Things That Grow
Origami Butterfly
Spring
Origami Moth: Paper Folding
Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Palmate Newts on Wild Britain with Ray Mears
Spring Video
Paper Dot Bird (BBC)
Find out how to make your very own paper dot bird.
Activity Indoor Activity
Pine Cone Crafts
Watch this video with 5 brilliant pine cone craft ideas.
Autumn Indoor Activity Video
Pine Marten Birth & Babies
Spring Video
Pine Marten Kits
Spring Video
Pine Marten, Cairngorms - Speyside Wildlife Hide
Video Watch Winter
Plant App
Jigsaws Plants Things That Grow
Planting with a Twist!
Outdoor Activity Spring
Pop Up Daffodil Card
Spring
Robin Singing For The Autumn Territory
Autumn Birds Video Watch
Rooks Nesting
Birds Spring Video
RSPB - Spring Wild Hunt (PDF)
Activity for out in the countryside during Spring
Activity Birds Outdoor Activity Spring
RSPB Bird Guide
Activity Spring
Scotland's Big 5 - Red Deer
Video Watch
Scottish Red Squirrels
Spring Video
Slo-Mo Footage of a Bumble Bee Dislodging Pollen
Plants Pollinators Things That Grow
Snails Have Teeth! (CBBC)
Join Jess for an amazing snail adventure!
Activity Minibeasts
Snails, Slugs and Slime
Minibeasts Snails
Solstice: The Earth Is Reaching The Turning Point
Video Watch Winter
Sort the Bugs
Activity Minibeasts
Spider Web Construction In Slow Motion
Minibeasts Spiders
Spiders - Animals For Kids
Minibeasts Spiders
Spiders in Your Home
Learn more about spider in your home at the Natural History Museum web site.
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts Outdoor Activity Spiders
Spot and Collect Your Own Virtual Minibeasts
Activity Indoor Activity Minibeasts
Spring Colouring Sheets
Spring
Spring Scavenger Hunt
fun outdoor activity for children
Activity Outdoor Activity Spring
Story of Flowers (Animation)
Plants Things That Grow
Talking Toad Word Search
Try your hand at the Talking Toad Word Search (intermediate level).
Activity Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Beginner
Activity Spring
Talking Toad Word Search - Expert
Activity Spring
Tawny Owl Call - Three Different Calls
Birds Video Watch Winter
The British Winter (BBC)
Winter
The British Winter | BBC Teach
Video Watch Winter
The Mountain Hare
Video Watch Winter
The Story of the Baby Red Squirrels
Spring Video
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Crafts for Kids
Activity Indoor Activity Moths and Caterpillars Video
Thousands Of Pink Footed Geese Over Fife
Video Watch
Tulip Growing - 22 Day Time Lapse
Plants Things That Grow
Twit Twoo
Colour in and cut out this fab owl mask.
Activity Winter
Two Adult White Hares
Video Watch Winter
Vegetable Seeds To Sow In July
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Plants Trees
Watch This Caterpillar Turn Into A Puss Moth
Moths and Caterpillars Summer Video
Weave A Sculpture From A Twig
Used a forked twig or small branch from your Autumn walk and make your own unique sculpture.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow Trees
What are Minibeasts?
Minibeasts
What are Minibeasts? (The School Run)
Indoor Activity Minibeasts
What Are Plants
Plants Things That Grow
What Are The Parts Of A Plant?
Plants Things That Grow
What Do Minibeasts Eat?
What Do Plants Need To Survive?
Plants Things That Grow
What Is A Minibeast? (Primary Biology)
Activity Minibeasts
What Is A Minibeast? And Other Bug Facts
What Type Of Bird Are You? (CBBC)
If you were a bird, what bird would you be?
Birds Play
Where Do Minibeasts Live?
Activity Minibeasts
Which Cairngorms Animal Are You?
Activity Winter
Which Garden Bird Are You?
Activity Quiz Winter
Which Winter Animal Are You?
Explorer this Winter Watch resource from the BBC based in Cairngorms National Park in Scotland.
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Whooper Swans - Singing, Dancing and Flying Birds
Why Are Bees So Important? (BBC)
Bees Minibeasts
Why Are Insects Important?
Insects Minibeasts
Why is Bird Poop White?
Learn the answer to why bird poop is white!
Birds Watch
Wild Bees of Scotland
Bees Minibeasts
Wildcat (February 2019)
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Wildcat February 2019a
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Wildcat February 2019b
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Wildcat May 2019a
Bailies of Bennachie Video Watch Winter
Wildflower Spotting Sheet for August
Plants Things That Grow Wildflowers
Wildflower Spotting Sheet for July
Plants Things That Grow
Winter - Dot To Dot
Can you complete this Winter join the dots?
Activity Indoor Activity Winter
Winter Fox - Jigsaw
Activity Jigsaws Winter
Winter Painted Rocks
Brighten up your winter garden with some painted rocks!
Activity Winter
Winter Scavenger Hunt
Wrap up warm for a winter scavenger hunt and make a walk great fun!
Activity Outdoor Activity Winter
Winter Stag - Jigsaw
Can you complete this winter Stag jigsaw?
Activity Jigsaws Winter
Winter Vegetable Crops To Sow In August
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
Wood Ant Activity Pack
Activity
Wood Ant Nest in the Scottish Highlands
Insects
Woodpecker Jigsaw
Try this online Woodpecker jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws Play
World Environment Day 2020
Learn more about World Environment Day 2020.
Video Watch
Wren Bird Singing
Listen to Wren bird song.
Birds Watch
Wren Jigsaw
Try this online Wren jigsaw.
Activity Birds Indoor Activity Jigsaws
Forest Snapdragon
Make this simple paper game to learn more about the forest.
Activity Indoor Activity Outdoor Activity Things That Grow
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