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Enabling Environments: Let's explore ... foggy weather and glowing

Use a unique book by a popular children's author as a springboard for taking literacy activities outdoors and exploring various weather conditions, as suggested by Helen Bromley.

It's easy enough to find books about snow, rain, wind and sunshine but up until now, books about fog have been more difficult to obtain. But many children will have experienced travelling in this, the most 'spooky' of weathers.

The Foggy, Foggy Forest is an inspirational picture book by popular author-illustrator Nick Sharrat. With its wonderful see-through 'foggy' pages, it would be an invaluable addition to any EYFS setting. It would enhance the experiences that could be planned from any foggy day.

Of course, not knowing the weather, it is difficult to plan for foggy activities in advance. This is the kind of book that would enhance opportunistic short-term planning, and would build on the children's fascination for and interest in the foggy day.

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