Next week will be the Twelve Days of Christmas in Exploring Nature With Children!
Use this chapter to help you make the most of your time in nature and with each other during the festive period.
The Twelve Days of Christmas: Traditional carol
What are the Twelve Days of Christmas?
The Twelve Tweets of Christmas: Radio 4
“Tweet of the Day has been entertaining early morning listeners to the Radio 4 schedule every day since 2013, but this Christmas we will delight in an avian offering of the well known song Twelve Days of Christmas. On the first day of Christmas so the song goes, a true love sent a partridge in a pear tree. As actress Alison Steadman suggests as ground birds, partridges are not known for their amorous arboreal perching. Why a partridge in a tree could have many meanings, but given the song is of possible French origin, the French or red-legged partridge seems an ideal candidate as sitter in a pear tree.”
Happy exploring!
