The teddy bears have all been walking in the woods today, and there were loads of conkers all over the floor! It must have been the very strong winds last night which had blown them off the trees.
First of all, what is a conker? A conker is the seed of the horse chestnut tree (not the sweet chestnut tree where we get edible chestnuts from, so don't ever attempt to eat conkers because they aren't very good for you!!). It is a hard, brown nut which is found inside a prickly casing. The green outer casing of the seed will turn brown and crack open to reveal the conkers inside. Each seed pod can house many conkers.
