In the age of AI, what matters most is who your child is, not what they know. Forest School in Singapore at Wildlings builds character, resilience, and emotional intelligence weekly.

Wildlings summer holiday camps in Singapore run June to August 2026 across two outdoor locations. Forest School adventure camps for ages 3.5 to 11, plus a new island camp and farm collaboration.

Have you ever watched a child throw the same ball off the same ledge twenty times in a row? Or wondered why your seven-year-old insists on wrapping every object in the house in paper? Or marvelled at a ten-year-old who spends an entire afternoon building and re-building structures? These are not random behaviours. They are signs of deep, purposeful learning. Two frameworks help us understand what is happening: play schemas (the internal cognitive patterns driving the behaviou

Every child has difficult moments outdoors. A five-year-old who refuses to join the group. A seven-year-old who throws a stick in frustration. A ten-year-old who shuts down completely when asked to try something new. These moments can be stressful for parents and challenging for educators, but they are also some of the most important learning opportunities Forest School has to offer. At Wildlings, we do not see difficult behaviour as something to eliminate. We see it as commu

As an early years educator who has spent decades taking even the youngest children outdoors, I am asked the same question by parents of babies and toddlers all the time: "Isn't my child too young for Forest School?" My answer is always the same. This is exactly the right age to start! At Wildlings, our Forest Babies programme is designed for children aged 12 to 24 months and their caregivers. It is unhurried, respectful of each child's developmental stage, and grounded in wha

We recently celebrated our forest school community with our Second Annual Community Celebration (this would have been our fifth if it...

We're celebrating International Literacy Day this week at Wildlings. You may wonder what Forest School has to do with something as...

When we say that child’s play is the work of the child, or, that child’s play IS learning, we really mean it. Here’s why. Does your child...

The Reggio Emilia ethos has found its way into a number of preschools in Singapore and has proven to be wildly popular. A long time ago...

“Can we play?” is possibly a question we hear most from children. Play is the most natural thing for children. They find joy in play...

Nada is a mum of three, two older children at Dulwich College and her youngest, Vera, at Wildlings. Vera attends our Forest School Club...

What are the health benefits of bringing nature into your lives? Find out why it's essential for children to spend hours outdoors each day

Risky play was part of my childhood, skateboarding, roaming free and unsupervised with friends in the park and woods behind our house. We...