It doesn’t need to be wild or wildernessy – any park or square will do! Just please make sure you are being safe, and if you are leaving your home, make sure it is in line with current social distancing advice.Ģ) This is where we think about how we used our senses and start putting our outside experiences into words.ģ) Finally, the third section is when we turn all these words into Lost Words-inspired poems!Īll you will need to do these activities are: How do the workshops work?ġ) The outdoors bit which will involve going outside either into your garden, or nearby green space. However, you can’t cancel spring, and there is still much glorious nature to be found in the gardens and green spaces around our home, so we put together these activity packs to allow you to recreate our workshops at home. Due to the coronavirus outbreak in the spring, with public gatherings and events cancelled across the country, we have as yet been unable to bring all these workshops to life.

In 2020, in collaboration with Flo’s Place in the Park and made possible by the generosity of the Midcounties Co-operative and Community Action Groups, we planned to produce a series of workshops for kids inspired by The Lost Words by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris. These packs are available for you to use free of charge but if you would like to contribute to Oxford Poetry Library so we can continue to do these kinds of projects, please donate by clicking on this generous bird!īackground to the Lost Words Activity Packs

(I f you’re on a mobile device and/or want to scroll through single pages instead of spreads, download here) (I f you’re on a mobile device and/or want to scroll through single pages instead of spreads, download here ) (If you’re on a mobile device and/or want to scroll through single pages instead of spreads, download here) Recommended for 7-14 year olds as they require some level of reading and writing.Ĭlick on the titles below to download a full PDF of each pack… Do all, or just those which take your fancy. There is a separate pack for different areas of wildlife including birds, plants, and mini-beasts. We present The Lost Words Activity Packs! Designed to mirror the workshops which we have run in the past around Oxford, these resources can help you and your family recreate the workshops at home.