Cultivating Growth: The Community at the Heart of Forest School education
We recently celebrated our forest school community with our Second Annual Community Celebration (this would have been our fifth if it...
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Claire
Sep 5, 20234 min
Literacy Beyond Walls: Dive into Forest School's Magical Sessions
We're celebrating International Literacy Day this week at Wildlings. You may wonder what Forest School has to do with something as...
Claire
Nov 23, 20215 min
How Kids Get Smart (clue: it involves getting out of their way!)
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...
Claire
Aug 11, 20215 min
Reggio Emilia and Forest School, a match made in heaven @Wildlings!
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...
Claire
May 27, 20217 min
The Role of Play in Forest School
“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...
Claire
May 26, 20214 min
Nature At Home Series: Up the FUN factor in your family nature walks
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...
Claire
May 23, 20203 min
Nature at Home Series: Patterns
There are patterns all around us. An understanding of patterns (visual patterns and patterns of behaviour for example) helps children to...
Claire
Feb 15, 20204 min
Nature at Home Series: Hapa Zome
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...
Claire
Sep 7, 20198 min
Reflection: 'All Things Bugs' Holiday Programme
We embarked on our first ever Forest School holiday programme on Tuesday 6th August. Over the following five weeks we connected with...
Claire
Aug 3, 20192 min
Inspiration from the UK
We've been away for four weeks touring the UK and looking for inspiration for our environmental education and Forest School programmes...
Claire
Jul 18, 20194 min
A First Taste of Forest School
After a successful six months of pilot programmes it was time to open our sessions to new learners keen on nature education, learning in...
Claire
Jun 15, 20195 min
Is it worth the risk?
Risky play was part of my childhood, skateboarding, roaming free and unsupervised with friends in the park and woods behind our house. We...
Claire
May 15, 20194 min
Find the wild-child in your child
The wild world isn’t on our doorsteps anymore, and I’m not talking about the local manicured park which inspires path-walking and ‘look...
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