🌿 Mini Nature Artists Garden Sessions – Winter Term 2026 🌿
Outdoor Creative Play & Nature Art for 1–7 year olds
Bracknell | Mondays & Wednesdays | 10:00–11:00am
Join us at the Mini Nature Artists Garden — a beautiful, nature-rich outdoor space created to inspire curiosity, calm and creativity in little ones.
These sessions offer a gentle, child-led environment where toddlers and preschoolers can move freely between sensory invitations, land art, crafts, and open-ended exploration — all at their own pace, in their own time.
We bring together nature-based creativity, early years development principles and the magic of the seasons to create thoughtful, grounding sessions for young children and their grown-ups.
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☀️ JANUARY THEME: The Big Schools’ Birdwatch
We’ll be celebrating birds, trees and winter wildlife all month long.
Expect:
🪶 Bird spotting
🪺 Build-a-nest invitations
🌲 Tree exploration and seasonal noticing
🎨 Nature art inspired by winter textures
❄️ Sensory trays
🖌 Mark-making with earth paints and natural inks
💬 Optional storytime with themed props
Each session supports repetition, familiarity and freedom — children return to what they love and build deeper understanding each week.
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✨ MOVING INTO FEBRUARY: National Storytelling Week ✨
2026 Theme: “Soundtrack Your Story”
In February, we’ll explore how nature helps us tell stories — not just with pictures and props, but with sound.
Children will experiment with:
🎵 Creating soundscapes using natural materials
🥁 Stick percussion, rustling leaves, tapping stones
🧚 Story scenes made with branches, pinecones and other natural treasures
🦉 Puppets and nature characters
🌬 Bringing stories to life through movement, rhythm and imagination
📖 Optional story circle with sensory props
A magical blend of early literacy, creativity, sensory play and expressive arts.
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🌟 What to Expect Every Week
✔ Calm, unhurried, child-led sessions
✔ Open-ended nature art & sensory invitations
✔ Freedom to dip in and out of activities
✔ Optional story circle
✔ Gentle guidance, plenty of space to explore
✔ Supportive community and welcoming atmosphere
✔ Great for toddlers, preschoolers, home-ed families & childminders
Parents remain responsible for their children, keeping sessions relaxed and connection-led.
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💷 Pricing & Bookings
🌿 Pay-as-you-go
🌿 Block booking discounts available
🌿 Childminder Offer: First child full price, significant discount for additional children
🌿 Alternative payment options available
🌿 Minimum 3 children required for sessions to run
📅 January & February sessions now live:
www.mininatureartists.com/about-1
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👩🎨 About Mini Nature Artists
Our sessions support:
🌱 Sensory development
🎨 Creative confidence
🧠 Cognitive growth through open-ended play
🫶 Emotional wellbeing & self-regulation
🌈 Expressive communication
🌳 A lifelong love of the natural world
Every week brings awe, wonder, creativity and connection.
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💛 Join us this winter and early spring
If you’re seeking slow, seasonal, nature-rich mornings for your little one, we’d love to welcome you.
Also check out other Arts events in Bracknell, Workshops in Bracknell.
