Discover Wildlings' nature space at West Coast Park: Forest School, holiday camps, birthday parties, school excursions and drop-in nature play in Singapore.

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

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're celebrating International Literacy Day this week at Wildlings. You may wonder what Forest School has to do with something as academic as learning literacy, so read on to find out! Forest School: A Natural Ground for Literacy Development "Once you learn to read, you will be forever free." - Frederick Douglass Did you know that Forest Schools don't merely shift the classroom to the outdoors; they fundamentally alter the approach to learning? With its foundation in experie

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 help but stop to admire their immensity, like the Tembusu tree we are blessed to have onsite at Wildlings. The Tembusu tree is almost the first thing that catches people’s attention when they enter our space. Did you know that the Tembusu tree is 120 years strong and some children, even adults too, have had the privilege of climbing it? We fel

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 at Wildlings we recognised the synergies between the Forest School and Reggio Emilia approaches to early years education and we've been successfully implementing this blended approach for our accompanied and pre-school programmes. Read on to find out how we do it. The Origins of Reggio Emilia The Reggio Emilia approach originated from a town

Nada is a mum of three, two older children at Dulwich College and her youngest, Vera, at Wildlings. Vera attends our Forest School Club programme. Nada is a movement teacher with the Pure Movement Centre, teaching at Core Collective, and living in Singapore for over 9 years. Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective Nada. Can you start by telling us why you haven't opted for a mainstream education approach for Vera? I very much believe in play based learning and

Since life is pretty boring right now we thought we would update you on something exciting happening in Dempsey! We're working hard, along with so many wonderful volunteers, to bring you Singapore's first dedicated space for Forest School. Our site is not only large, wild and teeming with life, but it boasts conveniences such as showers, chilled drinking water and a fabulous cafe! However, for fans, we may still bring along a thermos of coffee! Campfires to end our term We in

A place for children to call their own, to grow and nurture and play, connected to the energy and life of the world we live in. A place to rest and recharge, to let the imagination run wild, to meet and make friends, to tell stories and create the precious memories of childhood adventures. The most authentic Forest School experience possible in the garden city of Singapore Forest School takes place in a natural setting with trees and in sessions the leaders and participants t

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 from the natural world and capture these on fabric. This is a fun activity for all ages. Read on to find out how to do this yourself and for our tips for creating a fantastic nature artwork. You will need A collection of brightly coloured, fresh leaves and flowers. The fresher and brighter the better. A hammer, or stone for a more traditional

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Can you find some memories, a species you have learnt, or your child's name in our word tree? Overview: We kicked off term on Tuesday 17th September and immediately had to postpone the start of our Wednesday session due to the worst haze season for four years, leading to the development of our new Haze Policy. All sessions started at Bukit Batok Nature Park with Tuesdays and Thursdays quickly selling out. Planning was guided by a theme on Emotional Intelligence for the older

Where: Tanglin Gate When: 3.30-5.45pm, Wednesdays, from 23rd October 2019 Who: Children 3yrs to 6 yrs old and their accompanying adults, or, drop-off children 3.5yrs and above and ready to adventure alone Why have we moved from Bukit Batok Nature Park? The weather conditions in Singapore over the next two to three months are due to deteriorate as we enter the inter-monsoon period (October to November) followed by the early northeast monsoon (December to early January). The we

We embarked on our first ever Forest School holiday programme on Tuesday 6th August. Over the following five weeks we connected with nature and with each other. We gained confidence in the forest and did things we never thought that we would (like lifting up rocks deliberately looking for creepy crawlies!), and who was brave enough to try the cricket flour brownies or the fried grasshoppers? We explored places we had never been before and spent time with people from all over

We've been away for four weeks touring the UK and looking for inspiration for our environmental education and Forest School programmes back in Singapore. The UK is a wonderful place for research as it has such a rich history in outdoor and environmental education, starting with naturalists and philosophers such as Wordsworth and Baden Powell in the 1800s. In 1908, Margaret McMilan founded London's first outdoor nursery for slum children. In the 1930s Kurt Hahn founded Gordons