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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.

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

I never thought I would write an article like this. How can it be possible to implement Forest School at home? The short answer is: you cannot replicate the full Forest School experience in your living room. But many of the principles that make Forest School effective can absolutely be woven into everyday family life as we learn't during the Covid19 pandemic, and the difference it makes to how children approach the world is significant. Whether you already attend Forest Schoo

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

Most school excursions in Singapore follow the same formula. Bus to a museum, follow a guide, fill in a worksheet, bus home. There is nothing wrong with that, but if you are looking for something more immersive and fun, something where students actually get hands-on, solve real problems and build genuine confidence, outdoor learning is worth considering. At Wildlings, we run outdoor school excursions for early-years, primary and early-secondary schools across Singapore. Our p

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...

Trees are everywhere in this garden city that we live in. Some trees stand so high from the ground or wide at the trunk that you can't...

At Forest School we're always seeking out ways to use natural materials to reduce the environmental impact of the activities that we do....

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...

Whilst we're all doing our part to keep a safe distance yet keep life as healthy, and normal, as possible for our families, you may find...

There are patterns all around us. An understanding of patterns (visual patterns and patterns of behaviour for example) helps children to...

Nature walks often feature in our weekly Wildlings Forest School sessions. They give us an opportunity to slow down and use all of our...

The Japanese Art of Leaf and Flower Bashing Hapa Zome is the name of the Japanese art of leaf and flower bashing to extract the colours...

We embarked on our first ever Forest School holiday programme on Tuesday 6th August. Over the following five weeks we connected with...

We've been away for four weeks touring the UK and looking for inspiration for our environmental education and Forest School programmes...