Welcome to Red Squirrel Resources

The Quest for Nature Connection in our Digital Age

Do you want to change the lives of young people and our planet?

Do you want to deepen the experience you give those you spend time outdoors with, without needing to spend lots of time and money going on trainings?

Have you done a forest school training but don’t always have fresh ideas to bring to your sessions?

Do you want to keep growing your connection to nature and developing your own skills?

Are you fed up of spending loads of time looking for quality ideas online?

If any of these are you, we’re confident you’ll get massive value from our offerings. Check out our membership, themed bundles and free resources.

We are creating the ultimate online resource for people to connect to nature. We’ve made it with forest school leaders, parents, teachers, youth workers and outdoor educators in mind.

We have brought together experienced nature mentors, forest school leaders and creative games pedagogues to create bite-size, step by step how-to videos of games, crafts, skills progressions, songs, stories and seasonal activities to do in nature.

Not only will you learn how to facilitate these, but we’ve also provided downloadable resources to save you precious time such as template risk assessment considerations, written summaries and kit lists.

By joining our community and becoming a member of Red Squirrel Resources you’ll get instant access to our full library of over 100 resources and videos, which we’re adding to every month. You can find out more about our membership offering here.

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A Sampling of our Offering

Here are a few examples of the kind of quality and accessibility you can expect from our team at Red Squirrel Resources. Click on any of the resources below to view the full resources page. To find out more about our membership offering, click here.

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Otter Steals Fish

Whittling Skills Progression

Foxes’ Tails

Making Char Cloth for Firelighting

Making a Wooden Mallet

Steal the Spines

Hawthorn Song

Making Spring Green Pesto

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I really love how these films you make with the team create a natural feel; it is as if we are hanging out in the woods together. There is a lot of valuable information presented in an accessible way. You are all skilled communicators, creating a community of learning. Much needed.

SarahFSA Director

I’ve started making my way through the videos and they’re really great! Really accessible to all, clear, with good audio and video content! They have a real depth to them that is pragmatically and clearly expressed. The many years of personal experience shine through, as does the desire to pass on abundant knowledge to the wider world!

Ellie

I have really enjoyed the videos. They are not too long and really practical and informative. It’s helpful to have them filed under topic headings!

Hannah

These resources are really precious – it’s a dream-come-true for me to see them lovingly gathered here and sharable with other communities to help spread the magic, love and the connection with nature.

Jack

“Now I can go to one place and know I’m going to get exactly what I am looking for, and more. More than just an idea and a technique: a wider and deeper context, the value and invisible learning; a list of resources; options for engaging older and younger children. Seeing older children enjoying some of the apparently younger activities is encouraging too. Gone are the days of scribbling notes from a combination of books, field guides and youtube videos. Any Forest School leader would appreciate access to this. Thank you for spotting the need. Three of my favourites are Sit Spot and Whittling Skills Progression and Beautiful Butterflies.

Sally Ann

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