Outdoor Area

Of course I also have an outdoor playground:

• TP climbing frame with tent and slide
  

• Large TP swing frame with three swings - 'boat for 2' (with seat belts on both seats - for very young children), normal swing, 'see-saw swing for 2'
  

• 14 foot trampoline with bounce surround
  

• Large sandpit with cover and various spades, rakes, and sand toys like sieves, buckets, modelling shapes
  

• TP see-saw
  

• Play House with phone, pegs, tools, etc.
  

• Play tent made out of old large TP swing frame and heavy tarpaulin

• Tree house

• Water Play Table
  

• Stone Pit
  

• Tractor & Trailer
  

• JCB (for the younger children)

• Large climbing dome (3+ years)

• Tyre swing

• Swinging climber

• Disc rope swing

• Trapeze bar swing

• Gym rings

• Balancing poles (both for pre-school and after-school children, i.e. different abilities)

• Balancing rope

• Various slanted pipes for rolling balls and cars through

• Large Hammock (in summer)

• Sink

• "Fire" place

• Musical pot fence

• Water wall

• Table

• Tyres

• Poster paints (just for outdoors) with palettes, paint brushes, paper, etc.

• Child size Badminton rackets with balls

• Large variety of balls (footballs, handball, basket ball, volley ball, baseball, sliothar, polo cross balls, boule balls, etc.)

• A basket ball net

• Boule sets (one metall, one plastic filled with water)

• Modelling clay (just for outdoor use)

• Cars

• Hurlóg and ball

• Outdoor chalks

• Skipping ropes

• Ropes

• I also provide outdoor dungarees, coats, and wellies for pre-school children

We also have:

• Extensive grassy areas and lawns for running, hiding, digging, playing football, etc. - children love outdoor play and the exercise that goes with it!
  

• Hard surface area for playing ball on the wall, drawing with outside chalk, etc.
  

• A small stream with a shallow pool for throwing stones into water, splashing, floating paper boats, etc. - children love water play!
  

• Private driveway and pathways for a farm walk and to see the animals (see animal section)
  

• Two fenced in ponds, both have fish but the lower one is a real wildlife eco system that is fascinating to watch in summer; the latter is in a bog that is too wet to walk through in winter

• Living hedges, berry bushes, and all kinds of native and exotic trees that most people haven't even heard of

• A willow coppice for climbing trees

• Vegetable gardens; we do a lot of seeding, planting, and harvesting
  

• A large poly tunnel that the children can experience and plant and see tomatoes, peppers, okra, cape gooseberries and other plants grow

• Two large aviaries with birds (see animal section)

Besides, we have a pet farm with:

• Horses
  

• Donkey

• Dogs
  

• Cats

• Goats (& kids)

• Guinea Pigs

• Chinchillas

• Hamsters

• Dwarf Hamsters

• Ferrets (recently stolen but might get new ones)

• Chickens (various different kinds, both fancy and laying)
  

• Ducks (Runner Ducks, Welsh Harlequins, Muscovys)
  

• Geese

• Turkeys

• Various different kinds of pigeons

• Diamond Doves

• Zebra Finches

• Chinese Painted Quail

• Canaries

• Genovese Finches

• Japanese Quail

• Bees

• Gold fish

• Koi carps

• and occasionally some others
  

that the children like to visit, pet, and feed.

Our next door neighbours have sheep & cattle so we only need to look over the fence to see the lambs.

Children love animals by nature.

I find that even children who are shy with people will open up to the animals.

It is also amazing to see how important they find the feeding and how they never forget to look after the animals in the morning.