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The Muddy Puddle Teacher
The Muddy Puddle Teacher
Frequency: 1 episode/46d. Total Eps: 42
The Muddy Puddle Teacher approach is a revolutionary new outdoor education approach created by teacher and author Sarah Seaman. The Muddy Puddle Teachers focus on the three Muddy M's. Mental Health, More Kids Moving and Mother Nature. Listen to this podcast to get tips on how to teach with a new positive and muddy outlook. A must for all educators and the only Outdoor Learning Podcast out there! Sign up for FREE teaching resources and CPD outdoor learning teacher training www.themuddypuddleteacher.co.uk
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S2 E4: Come and Teach With Joy: How Georgia Lucas Brings Real-Life Classroom Magic to Social Media
Season 2 · Episode 4
jeudi 4 décembre 2025 • Duration 22:24
Guest: Georgia Lucas – Reception Teacher & Content Creator
Host: Sarah Seaman
Come and teach With Joy: How Georgia Lucas Brings Real-Life Classroom Magic to Social Media
🌿 Episode Overview
In this episode, Sarah talks with Georgia Lucas, a Reception teacher from England whose down-to-earth posts on Instagram and TikTok capture the everyday beauty, chaos and creativity of early years teaching.
Together they explore how Georgia uses social media to celebrate teaching, inspire others and show that EYFS life is full of messy, meaningful moments — much like The Muddy Puddle Teacher® approach.
🧩 Key Themes
- Authentic teaching in Early Years
- Creativity, play and outdoor learning
- The teacher-creator balance
- The power of storytelling and community online
- Finding joy and well-being in teaching life
S2 E3: Come and Explore Nature Pre-Schools in the USA with Angie
Season 2 · Episode 3
jeudi 4 décembre 2025 • Duration 47:47
Guest: Angie Jenkins – Forest School Leader & Nature Preschool Founder (USA)
Host: Sarah Seaman
Episode Length: 35–45 minutes
“Growing Little Explorers: How Angie Jenkins Is Nurturing Nature-Based Learning in the USA”
🌿 Episode Overview
In this inspiring international episode, Sarah connects with Angie Jenkins, a Forest School leader and founder of a thriving nature preschool in the United States.
Angie shares her journey from traditional teaching to outdoor education, how she’s built a nature-based school from the ground up, and what it means to let children learn through curiosity, freedom, and connection with the land.
Together, they explore the similarities — and differences — between the Muddy Puddle Teacher® approach in the UK and the growing Forest School and outdoor preschool movement in the US.
🌎 Key Themes
- Building a nature-based preschool from scratch
- Forest School philosophy in the American context
- Child-led, inquiry-based learning outdoors
- Supporting emotional well-being and resilience through nature
- Community engagement and parent involvement
- Bridging the gap between UK and US outdoor education models
#28 Let's chat about outdoor clothing with Gina Bradbury Fox
Season 1 · Episode 28
mercredi 15 mars 2023 • Duration 32:33
#27 Let's talk about the weather with Caryl Hart
Season 1 · Episode 27
mercredi 15 mars 2023 • Duration 35:26
In this episode, 6-year-old Florence Seaman interviews one of her idols, author, Caryl Hart.
Caryl Hart is an award-winning children's author who writes picture books and young fiction. She lives with her family in Sheffield and loves café walks, mountain biking and wild swimming. She also runs creative literacy workshops for schools, libraries, festivals and communities.
For more information, FREE activity packs and to purchase signed copies of her books, visit her website:
Thank You for the Little Things:
https://carylhart.com/bookshop/p/thank-you-for-the-little-things
The Girl Who Planted Trees:
https://carylhart.com/bookshop/p/the-girl-who-planted-trees
Twitter:
@carylhart1
https://twitter.com/carylhart1
@carylhart
https://www.instagram.com/carylhart/
@CarylHartAuthor
https://www.facebook.com/CarylHartAuthor
MPT
https://themuddypuddleteacher.co.uk/category/outdoor-learning-resources/
#26 Let's chat Lego with Dr Gina Gomez de la Cuesta
Season 1 · Episode 26
lundi 13 mars 2023 • Duration 25:17
#25 Let's chat with Headteacher Sarah Godbold in her mission for a more playful curriculum
Season 1 · Episode 25
vendredi 21 octobre 2022 • Duration 14:44
Mrs Sarah Godbold Executive Headteacher of the Churchside Federation.
Listen to Sarah and her mission to achieve a more playful curriculum in her two schools.
Sarah talks about early years and how she uses this experience through school.
Proudly, they also are a trained Muddy Puddle Teacher Federation of Schools.
#22 Let's get Wild Little Ones with Author Olivia Hope
Season 1 · Episode 22
jeudi 14 juillet 2022 • Duration 22:17
To discover more about Olivia splash this way:
Olivia Hope is an Irish writer with a special love for children’s fiction.
A former record breaking athlete, she competed internationally representing Ireland.
She has worked with all ages in the creative arts; from nursery schools to nursing homes, and taught children English, PE and on one occasion, ice-cream making, which ended badly.
She currently lives in the wilds of South West Ireland with her family
Here’s a book bio:
Wake up early, don't be shy.
This bright world can make you FLY . . .
This gorgeous, uplifting picture book celebrates the wildness in all of us, and the beauty of the world all around us. Prepare for a heart-lifting journey through the beauties of nature: from pine forests to awe-inspiring mountains, and from sparkling seas to starry skies, each page is full of wonders. Fly across oceans, run with wolves through the mountain snow, dance with fireflies, and prepare to BE WILD!
With a lyrical text from talented debut author Olivia Hope, and stunning, immersive illustrations by Daniel Egnéus, this stand-out book brims with joy and possibility and makes the perfect gift for any little one.
Here’s some recent reviews:
**Luminously beautiful - Guardian**
**Utterly enchanting - Daily Mail**
**Poetic and inspiring - Irish Examiner**
**Magical - Shirley Hughes**
**An audacious instant classic - Irish Independent**
#21 Let's talk about artistic learning in America with Elizabeth
jeudi 14 juillet 2022 • Duration 16:38
#24 Let's follow the map of leaves with author Yarrow Townsend :)
Season 1 · Episode 24
jeudi 14 juillet 2022 • Duration 26:43
Yarrow Townsend spent her childhood among the moss, oak and heather of the New Forest. After working as a teacher, and then as a stable- hand, Yarrow completed an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University, before returning to the forest to work for the RSPB. Always in search of ways to be closer to the outdoors, Yarrow now lives on a narrowboat, travelling the canals with her garden on the roof. The Map of Leaves is inspired by her life by the woods and the water, and by her own parents’ herb books.
Follow her: @yarrowtownsend
Yarrow is available for interview and to write features, and review and giveaway copies are available.
For more info please contact publicist Laura Smythe: laurasmythecontact@gmail.com
#23 Let's help talk thrive outside with Beca and Becky :)
Season 1 · Episode 23
jeudi 14 juillet 2022 • Duration 21:46
Listen to a really fabulous edition of how speech and language can be supported by going outside!
Thriving Language co-founders Becky and Becs (The Beckies) using their joint work to create environments where all children are understood. Thriving Language is a Community Interest Company.
Becs is an Early Years Lead for Thriving language and Forest School, she loves outdoors and natural environments where children can engage deeply and have time to play. She has led teams of early years educators across Gloucestershire and is now also training teams out of county. Becky specializes in environments, freeflow play, patterns of play, team dynamics, team building and two year old child development.
Becky is a Speech and Language Therapist for Thriving Language and the NHS, she loves helping teams of educators and families to communicate with their child and see their child thrive. She is a specialist in early years speech, language and communication. Becky is also a cleft lip and palette specialist.
Together they are published by Routledge and write their own in practice books. They are keynote speakers, run work shops for educators and are currently creating projects with Facts4life, Kinder Education and Badger Wood Adventures. They hold one-one outdoor communication sessions for families.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thrivinglanguage/
Facebook https://en-gb.facebook.com/thrivinglanguage/
Twitter https://twitter.com/thrivelanguage @thrivelanguage
LinkedIn Becky Poulter Jewson & Rebecca Skinner
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