How to start a forest school

I live right on the edge of a beautiful mountain. Five minutes away is the entrance to the canyon that has so much to see and do. For some reason, I never seem to get

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Okay, finally made it to the second instalment of Starting a Forest School program from scratch! (If you missed Part 1, you can find that here). I'm making headway on getting something going and I'm really excited. It will start off small with a 6 week pilot program, but the hope is that I can build from there. I've now got a local organization on board who is willing to partner with me and I'm lucky that a pilot program will be covered under their insurance (one less hurdle to deal with, at…

Amazing tips on how you can start your very own forest school for young learners.

What is Forest School? One of the current positive trends in education at the moment is the increasing popularity of Forest Schools. This brand of learning has a fantastically wide range of benefits. It is the type of learning that many of us try introduce to our own kids on family days out and holidays: …

Wow, I've finally made it to part 3 of this venture in starting a Forest School program from scratch. Check out part 1 and part 2 if you need to catch up with what's been done to get to this point. To recap... In Part 1, I created a proposal document to share with organizations and schools to generate interest in a Forest School program. In Part 2, I'd managed to get a local organization on board to offer a series of 6 pilot sessions and was started to think about what resources and…

Outdoor learning is a great way to connect with nature and have fun. Forest School activities can incorporate art, craft, science, sensory play, and s

Get great ideas for outdoor lessons and nature activities whatever the weather with these forest school lesson plans for winter

Erica | Education by Nature on Instagram: "Here what I did to launch @everwildforestschool 🌲 The entire process took 8 months from the moment I offered my first Saturday family nature class to watching our first kindergarten class follow their teacher into the forest at the start of the school year. While this reel oversimplifies the countless hours of unpaid work, late nights, and the overcoming of dozens of obstacles, it highlights the general sequence of what worked for me in order to…

How does wildschooling differ from Forest School, Reggio Emilia, Waldorf, unschooling, etc? Our complete guide to wildschooling breaks it down for you.