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

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

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...

“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...

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

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

My daughter had been busy and quiet for some time. Suspicious, I went to check what she was up to. She had found the bag of sticks and...

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

After a successful six months of pilot programmes it was time to open our sessions to new learners keen on nature education, learning in...

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...