Nursery World - Your outdoor calendar: April

Activities and tasks to help get your children outside this month. By Julie Mountain

Making a Green Man

ACTIVITY

CELEBRATE SPRING

Many cultures around the world celebrate the return of spring, symbolising rebirth, thankfulness and abundant natural bounties putting an end to the winter ‘hunger gap’. In some cultures, spring is symbolised in the Green Man, whose mythology is common in Northern Europe, but variations can also be found in Ancient Egyptian and Aboriginal artworks.

Typically, the Green Man (only rarely a woman!) has a face made from or surrounded by fresh spring leaves. He symbolises fertility and the cycle of life and can be found carved into secular and ecclesiastical buildings. You can find wonderful images and much more information online. And why not make your own Green Man faces to celebrate the arrival of spring in your setting.

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